AQW 14121/22-27

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 03/07/2024
Answered On Date: 22/07/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any plans he has to move to a system where Housing Associations are public bodies but without their debt counting towards public debt, similar to what exists in England.

Answer:

Following the passage of the Housing (Amendment) Act (NI) in 2020, Registered Housing Associations in Northern Ireland were reclassified from the public back to the private sector. I have no plans to change the current system.