Donegal County Council has confirmed that over €1.3m in grant payments have been paid out in Donegal under the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant Scheme.
It represents 28 homes being brought back into use.
Since the Scheme opened in July 2022, 772 applications have been received to refurbish vacant properties.
To date, 500 of these have been approved for grant support, with the balance awaiting further information from the applicant or being scheduled for a first technical inspection.
Within the overall total, 24 applications were deemed not to meet the scheme requirements and 19 applications were withdrawn by the applicant.
In a statement, Liam Ward, Director of Services for Community Development and Planning Services said “the Council is delighted with the uptake.
The scheme provides grants of up to €84,000 to address the significant issue of vacancy and dereliction in the County as well as providing new family homes.
The level of funding available under the scheme is said to be significant, not alone to the individual applicant but to the general economy here in Donegal.
