AQW 3711/22-27

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 28/09/2022
Answered On Date: 18/10/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the size of the social housing waiting list in each constituency; and (ii) the estimated time the current waiting list in East Londonderry will take to clear, given the current level of investment, new builds and re-housing rates.

Answer:

The Housing Executive have provided the table below detailing the number of waiting list applicants by Parliamentary Constituency. Figures are as at the end of June 2022.

Parliamentary Constituency	All Applicants
Belfast East	2097
Belfast East/South	404
Belfast North	4383
Belfast South	2834
Belfast South/Strangford	124
Belfast West	3821
Belfast West/North	134
Belfast West/South	24
East Antrim	1721
East Derry	2534
Fermanagh South Tyrone	1924
Foyle	4463
Lagan Valley	1984
Mid Ulster	1337
Newry & Armagh	2223
North Antrim	2288
North Down	1887
South Antrim	1589
South Down	2123
Strangford	1642
Upper Bann	2777
West Tyrone	1916
Grand Total	44229

Please note that where there are less than 10 applicants or allocations, they have been listed as <10 in compliance with Data Protection.

It is not possible to put a timeframe on the eradication of the social housing waiting list. The rate of progress in reducing numbers of households in housing stress will be determined by long term policy and investment.