Housing-ANI

‘Collective commitment’ needed to increase housing supply

Minister for Communities, Gordon Lyons MLA, outlines his housing priorities, including the need for a “collective commitment” from the Executive…

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Temporary accommodation provision dominating homelessness budget

An increase in the number of households requiring temporary accommodation is impacting the delivery of prevention services. Rising homelessness figures…

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A European housing policy perspective

Dara Turnbull, research coordinator at Housing Europe, compares the housing context in Ireland with exemplar EU member states. Speaking on…

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Housing supply strategy could be approved ‘fairly quickly’

A long-term strategy to relieve housing stress in Northern Ireland which narrowly missed out on Executive approval, remains in “good…

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Tenant engagement strategy ‘formally paused’

The development of an overdue strategy aimed at linking social landlords with tenants to improve services has been “formally paused”…

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Improved productivity in construction key to multi-market supply challenges

Labour shortages in the construction sector are posing key challenges to supply in all housing markets in Ireland and Britain,…

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HMO review: Changes to 2016 legislation recommended

While changes made to regulations around houses in multiple occupation (HMO) have been met with broad satisfaction from houseowners and…

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‘Right to buy’ scheme to remain for Housing Executive homes

New Housing Minister Gordon Lyons MLA has said that he has no intention to bring forward legislation to end the…

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