Cork County Council to quiz housing waiting list applicants on failure to register

Cork County Council is to survey anyone on its housing waiting list who has not registered for its choice- based lettings (CBL) system to ask why they have not done so.

The CBL system was introduced by the local authority in late 2015 and allows those seeking a council property to ‘bid’ on those listed, according to their requirements and areas of choice.

Figures provided to the Irish Examiner earlier this year as part of a nationwide survey of councils regarding housing offers and refusals showed that in 2015 and 2016 Cork County Council had 468 housing offers refused, of which 422 were deemed “unreasonable refusals”.