Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed)
1:30 pm
Mr. Gavin Elliott:
One aspect of bringing vacant properties back into the market is not necessarily regulation but, rather, the high cost and amount of time takes to have buildings inspected. In the UK it takes a matter of weeks, rather than months, to carry out inspections. The UK has a special procedure whereby if one fails an inspection one can get another one very quickly.
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