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Housing grants as far as the end of March 2010 have been approved in the Westport Electoral area, housing officer Martin Keating told members at a meeting on Monday.

Those looking for council houses in Kilkenny are becoming victims on the double of the development crash and Kilkenny’s councils are being turned into the local implementation arm of NAMA, according to local Labour Party councillor, Seán Ó hArgáin.

The official opening of the new housing scheme at Woodside, Castletown Geoghegan was performed this week by chairman of the Kilbeggan Area Committee, Cllr Paul Daly.

Anti-social behaviour is having a huge impact on residents in local authority housing estates and action must be taken immediately to protect those affected, according to Senator Nicky McFadden.

A chronic lack of social and affordable housing and a growing housing list are areas that seriously need to be addressed by the local authority, according to local representatives.

Bennettsbridge Fine Gael Councillor Pat O’Neill has revealed that Kilkenny County Council has 40 vacant affordable houses while there are 1,300 people on the local authority housing scheme waiting list.

The number of families on Athlone Town Council housing lists soared by almost 158 per cent between 2005 and March 2008, according to new figures released by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

The number of families on Westmeath County Council housing lists soared by over 40 per cent between 2005 and March 2008, according to new figures released by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

A Kilkenny Borough Councillor has called on the local authorities to consider the circumstances of families and communities before re-housing new families from the housing list in new estates.

There are 20 state of the art houses lying empty in a newly built Castlebar Town Council housing scheme because the Department of the Environment has withdrawn funding for affordable houses.