AQW 5259/16-21 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of occasions the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has awarded points to applicants on the basis of being intimidated, in each of the last five years.
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 Housing Executive has provided details of the number of homeless presenters, who gave the reason for presentation as intimidation, by category for the last five years as shown in the tables below. The tables also provide the number of presenters accepted as full duty applicants.
| 2011/12 | ||
| Reason for Homelessness | Presenters | Accepted as Full Duty Applicants |
| Intimidation-Anti-social behaviour | 44 | 30 |
| Intimidation-Disability | 2 | 2 |
| Intimidation-Paramilitary | 326 | 213 |
| Intimidation-Racial | 29 | 18 |
| Intimidation-Sectarian | 52 | 34 |
| Intimidation-Sexual Orientation | 9 | 6 |
| Total | 462 | 303 |
| 2012/13 | ||
| Reason for Homelessness | Presenters | Accepted as Full Duty Applicants |
| Intimidation-Anti-social behaviour | 75 | 46 |
| Intimidation-Disability | 1 | 0 |
| Intimidation-Paramilitary | 387 | 292 |
| Intimidation-Racial | 36 | 26 |
| Intimidation-Sectarian | 66 | 48 |
| Intimidation-Sexual Orientation | 21 | 15 |
| Total | 586 | 427 |
| 2013/14 | ||
| Reason for Homelessness | Presenters | Accepted as Full Duty applicants |
| Intimidation-Anti-social behaviour | 77 | 37 |
| Intimidation-Paramilitary | 472 | 293 |
| Intimidation-Racial | 39 | 18 |
| Intimidation-Sectarian | 65 | 32 |
| Intimidation-Sexual Orientation | 14 | 10 |
| Intimidation-Disability | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 668 | 391 |
| 2014/15 | ||
| Reason for Homelessness | Presenters | Accepted as Full Duty Applicants |
| Intimidation-Anti-social behaviour | 62 | 30 |
| Intimidation-Paramilitary | 433 | 312 |
| Intimidation-Racial | 47 | 33 |
| Intimidation-Sectarian | 35 | 19 |
| Intimidation-Sexual Orientation | 13 | 11 |
| Total | 590 | 405 |
| 2015/16 | ||
| Reason for Homelessness | Presenters | Accepted as Full Duty Applicants |
| Intimidation-Anti-social behaviour | 77 | 48 |
| Intimidation-Disability | 1 | 1 |
| Intimidation-Paramilitary | 433 | 325 |
| Intimidation-Racial | 23 | 14 |
| Intimidation-Sectarian | 39 | 21 |
| Intimidation-Sexual Orientation | 9 | 5 |
| Total | 582 | 414 |
To Note, A Full Duty Applicant is a person to whom the Housing Executive owes a duty under the Homelessness legislation, Article 10(2) of the Housing (NI) Order, 1988 to “secure that accommodation becomes available for his /her occupation”.