Turnaround time for housing set to improve in Tipperary

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The turnaround time to have local authority housing available for new tenants is set to improve.

Currently it can take up to a year from when a council property is vacated to have it renovated for another person or family.

Its lead to some anger from councillors given the number of people waiting on the local authority’s housing lists.

Director of Services for Housing Sinead Carr says they are looking at ways of shortening the turnaround for voids