AQW 4183/22-27

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 06/10/2022
Answered On Date: 26/10/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether a person on the social housing waiting list, who subsequently secures a private rental property, is still able to use previously awarded Housing Executive points for homelessness in an application.

Answer:

The Housing Executive will have discharged its statutory duty to all Full Duty Applicant Households (those “accepted” as statutorily homeless) once a household secures a permanent tenancy with all associated points removed. Should the household subsequently find themselves homelessness or threatened with homelessness, they can present to the Housing Executive where a new assessment of their circumstances will be undertaken and if they meet the tests to be “accepted” as statutorily homeless will again be awarded full duty status and appropriate points.