AQW 5501/22-27


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 05/02/2024
Answered On Date: 23/05/2024
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities how many cases of damp or condensation have been reported to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, in each of the last five years, broken down by council area.


Revised Answer:
This issue is an operational matter for the Housing Executive.
I have sought the requested information from the Chief Executive, who has advised me as follows:
“Across NIHE’s 83,000 homes, within the last financial year (1/4/23 – 31/3/24) NIHE has received around 556,000 repair requests of which 17,198 mentioned issues with condensation or damp. This represents 3.1% of all repair requests.
Please see table below which outlines cases reported to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive of Mould, Damp and Condensation, by the tenant, or someone acting on their behalf, as requested for the past five financial years, broken down by Council Area.
Council Area
Reported Date - Financial Year
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
Grand Total
Antrim and Newtownabbey
820
640
860
1,088
1,242
4,650
Ards and North Down
827
622
790
924
1,078
4,241
Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon
956
718
894
1,132
1,652
5,352
Belfast
2,915
2,496
2,731
3,481
4,776
16,399
Causeway Coast and Glens
744
566
790
964
1,307
4,371
Derry City and Strabane
1,043
462
1,140
1,479
1,550
5,674
Fermanagh and Omagh
353
266
367
500
679
2,165
Lisburn and Castlereagh
590
522
558
703
1,225
3,598
Mid and East Antrim
756
625
805
1,242
1,791
5,219
Mid Ulster
358
265
368
428
484
1,903
Newry Mourne and Down
779
594
773
976
1,414
4,536
Grand Total
10,141
7,776
10,076
12,917
17,198
58,108”
For any future queries relating to operational matters, you may wish to contact the Housing Executive directly. Making direct contact with them will ensure that you receive the information in the shortest possible timeframe and make best use of public resources.