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Social housing reassesment

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  • 19-09-2020 5:03pm
    #1
    Wifey82
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭


    Hi all.
    Can anyone give me some feedback on my topic.
    My family are on the cork city council housing list for almost 9 yrs.

    We have only been reassesed once in this time about 6 or 7 yrs ago.
    I recently bid on a house on the cbl website and contacted the council by post about our housing need.
    I also have a local councillor making representations on my behalf.

    I got a letter for reassesment last week and quickly sent it back to the council with all the relevant documentation required.

    I'm wondering has anyone on here been reassesed right before being offered a council house or am I being overly anxious?
    Thank you


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    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    I’m in a council house. I was on the waiting list 11 years, was never reassessed, just contacted my them to make sure I still remain eligible. The only time I contacted them was to add children. Local representatives are utterly useless.

    I received my first offer after 9 years, had to turn it down due to the next door neighbour being known to myself and my wife, a chequered history. It was 2 years before the next offer.


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    Wifey82
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭Wifey82


    Cork Trucker wrote: »
    I’m in a council house. I was on the waiting list 11 years, was never reassessed, just contacted my them to make sure I still remain eligible. The only time I contacted them was to add children. Local representatives are utterly useless.

    I received my first offer after 9 years, had to turn it down due to the next door neighbour being known to myself and my wife, a chequered history. It was 2 years before the next offer.

    Thanks for your reply.
    I agree most part on the local rep being useless.
    I was phoning the ccc allocations department for weeks and finally got through to a lovely lady who told me the name of just 1 councillor (s.f)who had contacted them on my behalf.none of the other councillors even bothered even though they said they did.
    11 yrs is a long wait!!!!
    We were told 5 yrs wait almost 9 yrs ago.

    I'm just trying to figure out are we being considered for a house as they are checking is we are still eligible.


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    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,789 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    It's actually reassuring that most politicians aren't interfering in the housing process.
    They really have no business doing so.


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    Ludo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    It's actually reassuring that most politicians aren't interfering in the housing process.
    They really have no business doing so.

    I was thinking the same reading the above posts about the representatives being useless. They have no business interfering in this at all and I am glad to hear they didn't.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Ludo wrote: »
    I was thinking the same reading the above posts about the representatives being useless. They have no business interfering in this at all and I am glad to hear they didn't.

    They do interfere and I know of a few phone calls that were made. No particular party, its all parish pump politics


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