The length of time that vacant council houses are left idle is completely unacceptable, in a housing crisis, according to Kiltimagh based Fianna Fail councillor Adrian Forkan.
The councillor raised the matter earlier this week at the monthly meeting of Mayo County Council.
In addition he said a new state of the art local authority housing development in Kiltimagh, officially opened last year, still has houses that have not been allocated tenants and he questioned why that is the case.
The councillor has been speaking to Midwest News Editor Teresa O’Malley about the need for faster turnarounds by Mayo County Council when any council house becomes vacant….
