AQW 17701/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any prospective areas and sites being considered to meet the demand for social housing in East Londonderry.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 21 April 2021
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 21 April 2021
- Answer due by
- 7 May 2021
- Answered
- 12 May 202121 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
There are currently 126 new social housing units under construction in the East Derry Parliamentary Constituency. I have included details of these in Table 1 below.
A total of 95 units are currently programmed to start as part of the Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP 2021/22 – 2022/23). I have included details of these in Table 2 below.
In areas where housing need is identified, Housing Associations are encouraged to look out for potential sites for development in areas of identified social housing need as set out in the Housing Executive Commissioning Prospectus which accompanies the SHDP.
In general, programmed 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 Approval.
Table 1: Social housing units under construction in East Derry Parliamentary Constituency
| Housing Association | Scheme Name | Location | Type | Need Group | Units | Onsite Year | CompletionYear |
| Apex Housing | Hass Road Phase 3 (T) | Dungiven | New Build | General Needs | 18 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Apex Housing | Hass Road Phase 3 (T) | Dungiven | New Build | Physically Disabled | 4 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Apex Housing | Hass Road Phase 3A (T) | Dungiven | New Build | Physically Disabled | 1 | 2020/21 | 2022/23 |
| Ark | Railway Road | Coleraine | Off The Shelf | General Needs | 12 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Choice | The Hill, Portstewart | Portstewart | New Build | General Needs | 9 | 2020/21 | 2022/23 |
| Radius | (Site adjacent to 191) Coleraine Road | Portstewart | Competitive Design & Build | General Needs | 57 | 2019/20 | 2021/22 |
| Radius | (Site adjacent to 191) Coleraine Road | Portstewart | Competitive Design & Build | Active Elderly | 12 | 2019/20 | 2021/22 |
| Radius | (Site adjacent to 191) Coleraine Road | Portstewart | Competitive Design & Build | Physically Disabled | 6 | 2019/20 | 2021/22 |
| Triangle | Harpurs Hill, Phase 2 (T) | Coleraine | New Build | General Needs | 4 | 2020/21 | 2022/23 |
| Triangle | Harpurs Hill, Phase 2 (T) | Coleraine | New Build | Physically Disabled | 3 | 2020/21 | 2022/23 |
Table 2: Social housing units programmed to start 2021/22 – 2023/24 in East Derry Parliamentary Constituency
| Housing Association | Scheme Name | Location | Type | Need Group | Units | Onsite Year | CompletionYear |
| Apex Housing | Coastguard Road | Coleraine | New Build | General Needs | 6 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
| Choice | Keely Gardens (T) | Aghadowey | New Build | General Needs | 4 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
| Choice | Captain Street | Coleraine | New Build | General Needs | 31 | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
| Choice | Captain Street | Coleraine | New Build | Wheelchair | 4 | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
| Choice | Beresford Avenue | Coleraine | New Build | General Needs | 50 | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |