AQW 19098/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 19/05/2021
Answered On Date: 02/06/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities how many social homes are planned to be built in the Strangford constituency.

Answer:

I have been advised by the Housing Executive that there are currently 74 social housing units under construction.

A total of 42 social housing units are programmed to start as part of the Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) 2021/22 – 2023/24.

Programmed schemes can be lost or slip to future programme years for a variety of reasons, for example, relating to delays in acquiring sites and/or failure to secure Planning Approval.

Additional schemes can also be added to the SHDP ‘in-year’ through Competitive Design & Build procurement route and/or the purchase of Existing Satisfactory / Off-the-shelf properties.