AQW 8500/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) how many social housing properties were sold through the Right-to-Buy scheme in the previous five years; and (ii) how many new social housing properties were created in the same period.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 9 October 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 9 October 2020
- Answer due by
- 26 October 2020
- Answered
- 21 October 202012 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The following table details the number of houses bought by tenants in the housing association sector and those bought by Housing Executive tenants in each of the last 5 years.
| 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | |
| Housing Executive | 387 | 402 | 436 | 448 | 448 |
| Housing Associations | 29 | 40 | 64 | 66 | 97 |
The table below details the total new social housing completions in each of the last 5 years.
| 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | |
| Total new social housing completions | 1,209 | 1,387 | 1,507 | 1,682 | 1,626 |
Please note that the above new social housing figures includes all Scheme Types (New Build, Off-the-Shelf, Existing Satisfactory, Rehab etc). The details of the Scheme Types can be found at https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/scheme-types.