AQW 1077/17-22


Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim


Tabled Date: 28/01/2020
Answered On Date: 26/02/2020
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the (i) number of people on the Northern Ireland Housing Executive Housing waiting list; and (ii) average waiting time and number of points before allocation, broken down by (a) council area; and (b) constituency.


Answer:
The Housing Executive has advised that the total number of applicants on the social housing waiting list on the final day of the last available quarter (31 December 2019) was 38,308 applicants.
It has provided the following tables (1 – 2) which provide the average waiting times and number of points before allocation, i.e. at the point of allocation for one year to 31st December 2019, broken down by council area and parliamentary constituency; and table 3, which provides the Housing Executive Common Landlord Areas which cross Parliamentary Constituency boundaries.
Table 1 - Average waiting time and number of points at the point of allocation by Local Government District for 1 year to 31st December 2019.
Allocations for 1 Year to 31/12/19
LGD
No.
Mean Points at the Point of Allocation
Median Points at the Point of Allocation
Mean Months on the WL at the Point of Allocation
Median Months on the WL at the Point of Allocation
Antrim & Newtownabbey
511
142.1
140.0
18.2
9.0
Ards & North Down
653
156.2
148.0
16.5
8.0
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon
535
111.6
120.0
16.9
9.0
Belfast
1892
147.0
142.0
24.6
15.0
Causeway Coast & Glens
420
124.1
130.0
19.0
10.5
Derry & Strabane
863
169.1
170.0
26.3
17.0
Fermanagh & Omagh
302
131.6
137.0
18.4
10.0
Lisburn & Castlereagh
424
148.7
150.0
19.7
13.0
Mid & East Antrim
560
132.4
126.0
18.0
10.0
Mid Ulster
335
120.0
130.0
23.4
12.0
Newry, Mourne & Down
493
145.0
148.0
29.5
16.0
Total
6988
143.0
140.0
21.8
12.0
Table 2 - Average waiting time and number of points at the point of allocation by Parliamentary Constituency for 1 year to 31st December 2019.
Allocations for 1 Year to 31/12/19
Parliamentary Constituency
No.
Mean Points at the Point of Allocation
Median Points at the Point of Allocation
Mean Months on the WL at the Point of Allocation
Median Months on the WL at the Point of Allocation
Belfast East
378
138.0
137.5
17.4
11.0
Belfast East/South
51
151.5
148.0
20.4
12.0
Belfast North
833
140.3
140.0
21.7
13.0
Belfast South
382
143.8
140.0
23.2
12.5
Belfast South/Strangford
7
177.3
160.0
10.4
10.0
Belfast West
471
164.9
168.0
32.4
20.0
Belfast West/North
22
136.5
140.0
33.8
21.5
Belfast West/South
18
190.5
160.0
34.9
18.0
East Antrim
292
134.6
130.0
15.7
8.0
East Londonderry
267
130.5
132.0
19.6
12.0
Fermanagh South Tyrone
265
132.9
140.0
21.0
12.0
Foyle
713
180.2
180.0
27.7
18.0
Lagan Valley
349
150.9
150.0
20.1
13.0
Mid Ulster
233
115.5
130.0
21.8
11.0
Newry & Armagh
272
130.2
140.0
24.1
12.0
North Antrim
474
125.2
124.0
19.4
10.0
North Down
340
164.6
150.0
18.8
9.5
South Antrim
295
137.8
137.0
17.8
9.0
South Down
295
138.4
142.0
28.5
16.0
Strangford
381
144.1
140.0
15.3
7.0
Upper Bann
373
117.7
124.0
18.8
10.0
West Tyrone
277
121.5
130.0
19.8
11.0
Total
6988
143.0
140.0
21.8
12.0
Table 3 – Housing Executive Common Landlord Areas which cross Parliamentary Constituency boundaries.
NIHE CLA
Parliamentary Constituency
Cregagh Castlereagh
Belfast East/South
Willowfield/Upper Castlereagh Road
Belfast East/South
Bridge End / Rotherdam Court
Belfast East/South
Carryduff
Belfast South/Strangford
Ainsworth
Belfast West/North
Twaddell/Upper Woodvale
Belfast West/North
Carrick Hill / Unity Flats
Belfast West/North
Hamill St / John St
Belfast West/South