AQW 41485/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Social Development
To ask the Minister for Social Development for an update on his Department's Empty Homes Strategy in East Londonderry.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 29 January 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 29 January 2015
- Answer due by
- 13 February 2015
- Answered
- 13 February 201515 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Within the constituency of East Londonderry, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s Empty Homes Unit has had 38 empty properties reported to it from April 2014 to January 2015. 25 of these are located in the Coleraine council area and 13 in the wider Limavady council area. 19 of the reported properties are in areas where there is no housing need.
The Department will continue to work with the Housing Executive across a number of initiatives to assist in bringing empty homes back into use.