When the Council allocates you a dwelling, you become not just a tenant, but a member of the community in which you live. The Council encourages you to become actively involved in your estate. We are eager to hear your views and suggestions on how your estate can be improved. The Council aims to provide a better level of service in its estates, and to encourage tenant involvement. We hope to improve the overall co-ordination of services in estates, while also improving communications between tenants and the Council.
The first step in this process of communication is the involvement of tenants in a pre-tenancy training course. This course provides tenants with relevant information on Council and other services in the area. It also provides a forum where people can meet their neighbours and an opportunity to establish resident associations.
The Estate Management Initiative will also involve conducting an assessment and inspection of estates to help identify problems and develop plans for each estate. The successful implementation of these plans will lead to an improvement in living conditions with tenants working together with statutory and voluntary bodies for the good of the community. Only in this way can the social, recreational and environmental needs of the estate be reached.
Resident Associations always need new people to become involved.if residents or tenants have suggestions or observations concerning the workings of the resident committee, please put them in writing to the committee or Sligo County Council.
We want you as a tenant to participate and have a say in the day to day running of your estate. Don’t leave it to the Council, join in by working through your tenants association, and help make your estate a better place to live. We will listen to what you have to say, after all you are the expert in local knowledge. It is your estate. You have a say.
For further information or assistance please contact the Council’s Housing Section