Tenants due to move into age friendly housing developments

TENANTS are expected to move into two age friendly housing projects in the Tallaght area in the coming weeks.

The development of 12 houses and apartments at Brady’s Field, Old Bawn Road, was substantially complete in December 2023, according to the Council.

The development consists of eight two-person, one-bedroom houses and four four-person, two-bedroom apartments.

Following completion of utility commissioning works, these properties will be handed over to the Housing Department in the coming weeks.

These units have been assigned to the relevant sections for allocation in accordance with the Allocation Scheme.

Offers of the units and Estate Management checks are currently underway, with sign up of tenancies completed following handover of the units.

This development received unanimous approval from Councillors at a meeting of South Dublin County Council in 2020.

However, residents from Old Bawn raised concerns at that time regarding traffic and road safety and in relation to car-parking on the site, considering that there were four medical practices adjacent to the site.

Submissions were also made in relation to the loss of greenspace but the county manager at the time said that the development was “primarily” on the footprint of an old house and that there was “no intension” to amend the agreement with Tymon Bawn Football Club who used the greenspace.

Meanwhile, the Weir, Whitestown consists of 81 age-friendly, one and two-bedroom apartments, located adjacent to Tallaght Stadium.

The development of these homes was substantially complete in December 2023, according to the Council.

Utility connections are in train for completion in Q1 of 2024. On the notification of the completion of these works, they will be assigned to the relevant sections in Housing Allocations to nominate tenants from the age friendly list to the Approved Housing Body.

The Council’s Rightsizing Policy provides for allocation of age friendly homes to people aged 55 or older through the housing list, transfers (existing tenants rightsizing) or the community list (financial contribution for private homeowners rightsizing).

It is intended that 50% of homes in new age friendly housing developments will be used for rightsizing, with priority for tenants transferring from local areas, and one in five rightsizing opportunities will be available to private homeowners through the Community List.

For inclusion on the community list, the homeowner must agree that the Council will either purchase their existing home at a discount or accept a financial contribution from the net proceeds of the sale of the property depending on the homeowner’s age.