W1B-026 Residents' letters-9.txt
17th November 1994

Mr. Stanley Morgan Marino District Residents Association 12 St. Catherine's Road Marino Dublin 3

Dear Sir I refer to your letter dated 1st November 1994 and wish to advise that the Corporation has to date purchased six houses in the Dublin 3 postal area, two of which are in Marino. The general purpose of purchasing houses for letting as Corporation tenancy dwellings is to achieve a social mix in the districts concerned. The possible purchase of any house throughout the Corporation's administrative area is considered within that context and within the context of how many other houses the Corporation has already agreed to purchase in any given area for the purpose of this scheme.

I wish to confirm that these houses like all Corporation dwellings are allocated to people strictly in accordance with the Scheme of Letting Priorities as adopted by the City Council and approved by the Minister for the Environment. Accordingly, it is not true to say that the Corporation is allocating houses purchased under this scheme to tenants "who have proved unsuitable in Corporation estates"."

I would like to point out that the fact of the matter is that in the past 2 years the Corporation has purchased in excess of 150 houses and there has not been any problems with any of the tenants who were granted tenancies of these houses, nor is it anticipated that there will be any problem in this regard in the future.

Yours faithfully, SEAMUS FOLEY SENIOR STAFF OFFICER
