AQW 38517/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 10/11/2014
Answered On Date: 18/11/2014
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development for an update on the objective of building ten new Shared Neighbourhood Developments under the Together: Building a United Community strategy.

Answer:

The Housing Executive has identified ten sites which provide the potential for development as shared neighbourhoods and is working to identify further potential sites.

Construction works on 1 site have been completed and site or construction works have commenced on 3 further sites.

All new social housing, including on potential shared neighbourhood developments, will be allocated on the basis of housing need and in accordance with the Housing Executive’s Housing Selection Scheme. This means that while sites will be earmarked for development as shared neighbourhoods, this status cannot be confirmed until all the social housing within a development is allocated.