FIANNA Fáil Cork City councillor Kenneth O’Flynn has called for the establishment of a vacant property salvage scheme to reduce Cork City Council’s housing list by 2,000 people.
Cllr O’Flynn said, “In these turbulent economic times the city council’s resources are increasingly strained but it is vital that we continue to focus on helping the most vulnerable in society.
“Today I placed a motion that will come before the new city council to introduce a vacant property salvage scheme which seeks to bring hundreds of empty houses across the city back into immediate use through temporarily relaxing regulations and reconfiguring terms of contracts between tenants and Cork City Council.
“I am proposing that a new type of tenancy agreement be made optional to the almost 6,000 people on the Cork city housing list.
“This tenancy agreement shall allow tenants to take over the obligation of refitting their new homes, which was previously the responsibility of the city council.
“Over my recent canvass I have met a number of people with members of their family willing to help redecorate or in some cases refit council properties just so the member of their family will be housed,” he concluded.
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