REVEALED: Over 80 vacant social homes returned to use in Tipperary in 2024
Tipperary County Council was allocated €968,000 in funding to bring homes back into use
Over 80 vacant social homes were brought back into use in Tipperary in 2024, new figures have shown.
As well as this, Tipperary County Council was allocated €968,000 in funding to bring these homes back into use for people on the social housing list.
Under the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage's Voids Programme, 1,105 vacant social homes in Tipperary were brought back into use between 2014 and 2014, new figures from the Department show.
In total, Tipperary County Council was allocated €15.6million in funding to bring homes back into use.
Nationally under the Voids Programme, 2,357 homes were brought back into use last year.
The Voids Programme supports local authorities in preparing vacant homes for re-letting and builds on the ongoing work to tackle vacancy and dereliction to ensure vacant properties are re-used for housing.
Minister for Housing James Browne said that vacant social housing is a key priority for his department.
"I am currently pulling every lever to reactivate vacant properties. Under my direction, the Department is acting quickly to bring vacant social housing back into use across towns and villages, which is critical to help ease pressure on the existing housing stock, boost supply, and ultimately to provide much-needed homes.
"Beyond addressing the demand for social housing, renovating these unoccupied homes also benefits communities by preventing decline and abandonment, and I feel strongly about getting this done as fast as is possible for people. No one wants to see properties that should be homes lying idle," the Minister added.