Over 200 Homes In Kildare Are Vacant.

Friday, 28 May 2021 07:40

Data has been released by the Dept. of Housing.

208 are vacant in Kildare.

That's according to data released by the Dept. of Housing, up to May 24th, as reported by members of the public and various organisations on the vacant homes website.

In Leinster, the number of vacant homes in this county is exceeded only by Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council.

Housing Minister, Darragh O'Brien, says "provides a central portal for individuals to anonymously log possible vacant properties and alert local authorities to those properties. As appropriate, Vacant Homes Officers can then follow up with the owners to see whether the house can be re-used quickly. The latest statistics from vacanthomes.ie indicate that 5,210 properties have been recorded on the website since 2017."

The table below provides details of properties recorded on the vacant homes website on as at 24 May.

Leinster
Louth	179
Meath	165
Westmeath	109
Longford	40
Offaly	93
Kildare	208
Dublin City	407
South Dublin Co	212
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	130
Fingal	124
Wicklow	91
Carlow	44
Kilkenny	76
Wexford	114
Laois	57
Total	2049
Munster
Clare	152
Cork City	179
Cork County	1278
Kerry	77
Limerick City	51
Limerick County	147
Tipperary	108
Waterford City	58
Waterford County	127
Total	2177
Ulster
Cavan	319
Monaghan	20
Donegal	86
Total	425
Connacht
Mayo	225
Galway City	129
Galway County	140
Sligo	47
Roscommon	84
Leitrim	44
Total	669

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