AQW 8500/17-22


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 09/10/2020
Answered On Date: 21/10/2020
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) how many social housing properties were sold through the Right-to-Buy scheme in the previous five years; and (ii) how many new social housing properties were created in the same period.


Answer:
The following table details the number of houses bought by tenants in the housing association sector and those bought by Housing Executive tenants in each of the last 5 years.
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
Housing Executive
387
402
436
448
448
Housing Associations
29
40
64
66
97
The table below details the total new social housing completions in each of the last 5 years.
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
Total new social housing completions
1,209
1,387
1,507
1,682
1,626
Please note that the above new social housing figures includes all Scheme Types (New Build, Off-the-Shelf, Existing Satisfactory, Rehab etc). The details of the Scheme Types can be found at https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/scheme-types.