AQW 3271/16-21


Mr Andy Allen MBE
Ulster Unionist Party
East Belfast


Tabled Date: 16/09/2016
Answered On Date: 28/09/2016
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities how many people on the housing waiting list are deemed to be in housing stress and/or homeless, broken down by constituency.


Answer:
The Housing Executive have provided this information in the table overleaf. Please note that some of the Common Landlord Areas (CLAs) used for administration purposes straddle two constituencies and this is reflected in the table and the explanatory note underneath.
Applicants in Housing Stress or Homeless at 30 June 2016
June 2016
No. of Applicants
Parliamentary Constituency
Housing Stress
Full Duty Applicant - Homeless
Belfast East
1,002
555
Belfast East/South
222
103
Belfast North
2,462
1,781
Belfast South
1,627
1,153
Belfast South/Strangford
49
32
Belfast West
2,712
2,026
Belfast West/North
67
46
Belfast West/South
41
35
East Antrim
762
465
East Londonderry
845
589
Fermanagh South Tyrone
917
519
Foyle
2,631
2,129
Lagan Valley
944
605
Mid Ulster
486
298
Newry & Armagh
1,299
810
North Antrim
1,218
932
North Down
1,306
810
South Antrim
907
644
South Down
1,103
765
Strangford
1,058
637
Upper Bann
775
295
West Tyrone
553
245
Grand Total
22,986
15,474
Notes
The following Common Landlord Areas cross Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries:
NIHE CLA
Parliamentary Constituency
Bridge End / Rotherdam Court
Belfast East/South
Cregagh Castlereagh
Belfast East/South
Willowfield/Upper Castlereagh Road
Belfast East/South
Carryduff
Belfast South/Strangford
Ainsworth
Belfast West/North
Carrick Hill / Unity Flats
Belfast West/North
Twaddell/Upper Woodvale
Belfast West/North
Hamill St / John St
Belfast West/South