AQW 21503/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the social housing projects (i) under construction; and (ii) planned in East Londonderry.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 6 July 2021
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 6 July 2021
- Answer due by
- 23 July 2021
- Answered
- 28 July 202122 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 detailed these below in Table 1.
A total of 141 units are currently programmed to start as part of the Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) 2021/22 – 2023/24. I have provided details of these in Table 2 below.
Programmed schemes can be lost or slip to future programme years for a variety of reasons, for example, relating to delays in acquiring sites and/or failure to secure Planning Approval. Additional schemes can also be added to the SHDP ‘in-year’ through Competitive Design & Build procurement route and/or the purchase of Existing Satisfactory / Off-the-shelf properties.
Table 1: Social housing units under construction in East Derry Parliamentary Constituency
| Housing Association | Scheme Name | Location | Type | Need Group | Strategic Group | Units | Onsite Year | CompletionYear |
| Apex Housing | Hass Road Phase 3 | Dungiven | New Build | General Needs | Rural | 18 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Apex Housing | Hass Road Phase 3 | Dungiven | New Build | Wheelchair | Rural | 4 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Apex Housing | Hass Road Phase 3A | Dungiven | New Build | Wheelchair | Rural | 1 | 2020/21 | 2022/23 |
| Ark Housing | Railway Road | Coleraine | Off The Shelf | General Needs | Urban | 12 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Choice Housing | The Hill, Portstewart | Portstewart | New Build | General Needs | Urban | 9 | 2020/21 | 2022/23 |
| Radius Housing | (Site adjacent to 191) Coleraine Road | Portstewart | Competitive Design & Build | General Needs | Urban | 57 | 2019/20 | 2021/22 |
| Radius Housing | (Site adjacent to 191) Coleraine Road | Portstewart | Competitive Design & Build | Active Elderly | Urban | 12 | 2019/20 | 2021/22 |
| Radius Housing | (Site adjacent to 191) Coleraine Road | Portstewart | Competitive Design & Build | Wheelchair | Urban | 6 | 2019/20 | 2021/22 |
| Triangle Housing | Harpurs Hill, Phase 2 | Coleraine | New Build | General Needs | Urban | 4 | 2020/21 | 2022/23 |
| Triangle Housing | Harpurs Hill, Phase 2 | Coleraine | New Build | Wheelchair | Urban | 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 | Strategic Group | Units | Onsite Year | CompletionYear |
| Habinteg Housing | Parkers Avenue | Portrush | New Build | Wheelchair | Urban | 1 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
| Habinteg Housing | Glenmanus Road | Portrush | New Build | Active Elderly | Urban | 12 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
| Habinteg Housing | Glenmanus Road | Portrush | New Build | Wheelchair | Urban | 3 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
| Rural Housing | Beech Road | Drumsurn | New Build | General Needs | Rural | 2 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
| Apex Housing | Coastguard Road | Coleraine | New Build | General Needs | Rural | 6 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| Ark Housing | Ballaghmore Road | Portballintrae | New Build | General Needs | Rural | 14 | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
| Choice Housing | Keely Gardens (T) | Aghadowey | New Build | General Needs | Rural | 4 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| Choice Housing | Captain Street | Coleraine | New Build | General Needs | Urban | 31 | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
| Choice Housing | Captain Street | Coleraine | New Build | Wheelchair | Urban | 4 | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
| Choice Housing | Beresford Avenue | Coleraine | New Build | General Needs | Urban | 50 | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
| Rural Housing | Claudy | Claudy | New Build | General Needs | Rural | 14 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |