AQW 5255/16-21 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of new homes expected to be built in East Belfast by 2021.
Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 13 October 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 13 October 2016
- Answer due by
- 28 October 2016
- Answered
- 26 October 201613 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) is formulated on a three year basis, so information on new social housing schemes is only currently available for the three year period 2016/17-2018/19.
There are currently 73 social housing units under construction in the East Belfast Parliamentary Constituency.
A further 313 social housing units are programmed to start on-site in the East Belfast Parliamentary Constituency as part of the SHDP 2016/17 to 2018/19 (127units in 2016/17, 141 units in 2017/18 and 45 units in 2018/19).
Please be advised that schemes can be lost or slip to future programme years for a variety of reasons e.g. relating to delays in acquiring sites and/or failure to secure planning permission. Please note that the annual programme formulation process is currently underway for the new SHDP period 2017/18 to 2019/20, and further schemes may be added to the programme for the East Belfast Parliamentary Constituency. Additional schemes can also be added to the SHDP in-year through the purchase of Existing Satisfactory / Off-the-shelf properties.