AQW 982/16-21

Ms Claire Hanna
Social Democratic and Labour Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 10/06/2016
Answered On Date: 23/06/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities how much of the £36.5 million in Housing Grants to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in the 2016-17 budget will be used to build new social housing; and how many new houses will these funds help build.

Answer:

The £36.5 million you have referred to in your question relates to the total grant paid to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to support landlord functions.

Funding for the provision of social housing in Northern Ireland falls within the Housing Executives Regional Services. I can therefore advise you that I have made available a total capital allocation of £106 million to support the provision of 1600 new social housing starts for 2016/17 Social Housing Development Programme.