AQO 8416/11-15

Ms Anna Lo MBE
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 04/06/2015
Answered On Date: 15/06/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development how his Department ensures that no tenant is disadvantaged when transferring housing association.

Answer:

The views of tenants will be taken into account from the earliest stages of Small Scale Voluntary Stock Transfer proposals. Initially tenants’ representatives will be involved in the process of selecting the preferred partner housing association. Tenants will be fully and formally consulted on the transfer proposal. Finally each tenant will be invited to vote on the proposed transfer in a tenant ballot, the outcome of which will decide if the transfer goes ahead.