Cork County Council buying 73 properties to stop eviction of tenants

Cork County Council says the move will stop the eviction of tenants — many of whom are families.

Cork County Council is in the process of purchasing 73 properties from private landlords in a bid to stop the tenants from being evicted.

Seamus de Faoite, the county council’s senior executive officer for housing, said the local authority has already purchased, or is finalising plans to acquire, 73 homes that private landlords have agreed to sell to the local authority. Mr de Faoite says the move will stop the eviction of tenants — many of whom are families.