AQW 46911/11-15

Mr Paul Frew
Democratic Unionist Party
North Antrim

Tabled Date: 09/06/2015
Answered On Date: 23/06/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development for an update on the proposed Housing (Anti-Social Behaviour) Bill.

Answer:

The proposed Bill is now titled the Housing (Amendment) Bill. It will:

require the Department of Finance and Personnel, the Department for Social Development and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to exchange information about empty homes;

enable organisations holding information about anti-social behaviour to share such information with social housing landlords by opening relevant data gateways under the Data Protection Act 1998; and

enable the Housing Executive to register grants made by way of a loan as statutory charges.

All stages of the Bill will need to be completed by the end of the current Assembly’s mandate. Introducing the Bill before summer recess will maximise the chance of achieving this.