AQW 10319/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 16/11/2020
Answered On Date: 25/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the timescale for the transfer of land at Hope Street, Belfast, from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to Radius Housing Association.

Answer:

The disposal process for the Hope Street site was approved by the Housing Executive Board at its December 2019 meeting with an expected transfer of the site in March 2020 subject to a number of contractual issues being resolved.

Unfortunately a number of legal issues have arisen in the course of the disposal. These are currently being pursued as a matter of urgency between the parties.

As a result the Housing Executive is not in the position to provide the timescales for the transfer at present.