city boundary extension<\/a> in 2019, they should have been transferred to Cork City Council.<\/p>\nLast month, a spokesperson for Cork County Council said the delay in transferring the homes was due to a legal dispute linked to a developer going out of business and an outstanding charge on the property.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, a measure had been put in place to allow Cork City Council to use the homes even before the transfer is completed.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson said that while work was ongoing to remove the charge and complete the transfer, Cork County Council\u2019s legal team had put a licence agreement in place with the city council allowing it to take possession of the homes, refurbish them, and let the units in the interim.<\/p>\n
Work was required to bring them up to a standard that would allow them to be lived in. They includes the floors, which are unfinished.<\/p>\n
Labour\u2019s John Maher asked at Monday\u2019s meeting of Cork City Council for an update on the three empty homes and was told that these works have commenced.<\/p>\n
He was told by the council\u2019s acting director of housing, Adrian Quinn: \u201cCork County Council remain the owners of these properties presently.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe county council are actively endeavouring to resolve final legal issues with title and the formal disposal of the properties to Cork City Council is awaited, subject to resolution.<\/p>\n
\u201cCork City Council has commenced remedial works on the properties, in anticipation of formal disposal, having entered into a licence agreement with the county council to take possession and prepare the properties for use and occupation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr Maher told The Echo: \u201cTonight\u2019s response is a step in the right direction, and I\u2019ll continue to work with officials to get these houses on the choice-based letting system and people living in them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree empty houses is a sin, especially in a housing crisis. Bureaucracy and red tape needs to be thrown in the bin and families living in these houses as soon as possible, even if we allow them to be lived in while we sort the bureaucracy and legal issues around these homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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