Cork City council to repair 1,200 homes in €11m plan

Some 1,200 local authority homes in Cork City have been earmarked for repairs or upgrades, as part of a massive €11m loan-funded scheme.

The loan, if sanctioned, will also see Cork City Council take charge of 34 social- housing estates, which are home to 4,600 tenants.

And it will facilitate the first full housing stock survey to assess the condition of the council’s estimated 9,000 properties city-wide. This will allow housing officials to rank and prioritise the required repairs, which will, in turn, help streamline the planning of future maintenance work.