AQW 5255/16-21

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 13/10/2016
Answered On Date: 26/10/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of new homes expected to be built in East Belfast by 2021.

Answer:

The Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) is formulated on a three year basis, so information on new social housing schemes is only currently available for the three year period 2016/17-2018/19.

There are currently 73 social housing units under construction in the East Belfast Parliamentary Constituency.

A further 313 social housing units are programmed to start on-site in the East Belfast Parliamentary Constituency as part of the SHDP 2016/17 to 2018/19 (127units in 2016/17, 141 units in 2017/18 and 45 units in 2018/19).

Please be advised that schemes can be lost or slip to future programme years for a variety of reasons e.g. relating to delays in acquiring sites and/or failure to secure planning permission. Please note that the annual programme formulation process is currently underway for the new SHDP period 2017/18 to 2019/20, and further schemes may be added to the programme for the East Belfast Parliamentary Constituency. Additional schemes can also be added to the SHDP in-year through the purchase of Existing Satisfactory / Off-the-shelf properties.