Building/Acquisition of Houses

Naas Town Council has approximately 300 rented properties in its ownership. Each year a number of new houses may be built while a number of houses may be sold to existing tenants under tenant purchase schemes.

An Assessment of Housing Needs is carried out by the Local Authority from time to time to establish housing requirements in the area. This assessment was last carried out in 2008 and forms the basis for allocation of housing starts by the Department of the Environment and Local Government.

The actual number of houses built or acquired depends on the Department of the Environment and Local Government's housing starts allocation. These houses, along with casual vacancies which arise are then available for letting.

In 2008 the number of applicants for this accommodation on the Council's housing list at any time averaged approximately 330.