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From: Michael O'Rourke On Behalf Of Freedom of Information

Sent: 27 October 2008 09:00

To: Services for Communities FOI

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Empty council houses in Canongate - Reference number 1184

Good Afternoon,

This FOI Request has been received by the Freedom of Information Team today.

Contact Central has now been decommissioned and the FOI team are logging all requests centrally as an interim measure until a more long term solution is available.

Name: Caatriona Grant

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Preferred response: e-mail

Reference number: 1184

Target date: 24/11/2008

Summary details:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could you please inform me how many council houses have been lying

empty i.e. with no tenant, for more than three months in the

Canongate.

Could you also inform us of the lost of rental and council tax

revenue from these properties?

Yours faithfully,

Catriona Grant Chair of the Canongate Community Forum

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Yours sincerely

Michael O'Rourke

Freedom of Information Team

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