Kildare County Council reports almost 4,000 people qualifying for social housing this year

This year's Social Housing Needs Assessment reports that there were 3,962 applicants qualified for social housing in Co Kildare who are not currently in receipt of any form of social housing.

A Kildare County Council statement said: "In relation to the turnaround of vacant stock within the ownership of the local authority; the recently published  Local Authority Performance Indicator Report for 2017 shows that Kildare County Council compares favourably with other local authorities in relation to both the percentage of dwellings from the local authority stock that are vacant at any given time and the time taken to turnaround a vacant unit for allocation."

The statement added: "As is the case nationally, a vacant homes officer has recently been appointed by Kildare County Council to review the level of vacant homes in the county and to pursue any options to bring such property into the local authority stock for social housing."