AQW 10147/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 12/11/2020
Answered On Date: 14/01/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities what steps she intends to take to ensure that Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) rents remain the lowest in the sector; and how this will be managed when the landlord section of NIHE moves to become part of the social housing network of providers.

Answer:

Officials have commenced work to assess options to revitalise the Housing Executive inclusive of a comprehensive rental review.

It is my preference that the landlord section of the Housing Executive becomes a co-operative or mutual model.

I intend to bring proposals to the Executive before the end of this mandate.