AQW 251/17-22
Mr Andy Allen MBE
Ulster Unionist Party
East Belfast
Tabled Date: 14/01/2020
Answered On Date: 24/01/2020
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of Northern Ireland Housing Executive properties currently listed as uninhabitable; (ii) the total projected cost to bring these properties into a habitable state; and (iii) how many are beyond a habitable state of repair, broken down by constituency.
Answer:
For the purpose of this Question, “uninhabitable properties” are defined as those that cannot be occupied as a result of: fire; vandalism; where conversion work is ongoing to facilitate letting. A breakdown of uninhabitable properties and the cost of repair is provided, by parliamentary constituency, in the table below. No properties are beyond a habitable state of repair. Constituency | No of Properties | Estimated Total Cost to bring to habitable state | Belfast South | 1 | £30k | Belfast East | 4 | £120k | Mid Ulster | 3 | £67k | South Down | 1 | £30k | South Antrim | 3 | £120k | North Antrim | 1 | £30k | Foyle | 2 | £60k | East Londonderry | 2 | £30k | West Tyrone | 1 | £30k | Total | 18 | £517k |
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