AQW 3628/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of unoccupied Housing Executive properties, per constituency.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 27 September 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 27 September 2022
- Answer due by
- 12 October 2022
- Answered
- 12 October 202215 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Housing Executive has provided the table below and it shows the number of unoccupied Housing Exec properties, as of 1/9/22, broken down by Parliamentary Constituency:
| Constituency | Actionable Voids | Non-Actionable Voids | Totals |
| BELFAST EAST | 88 | 148 | 236 |
| BELFAST NORTH | 83 | 197 | 280 |
| BELFAST SOUTH | 51 | 54 | 105 |
| BELFAST WEST | 36 | 25 | 61 |
| EAST ANTRIM | 15 | 102 | 117 |
| EAST DERRY | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| FERMANAGH AND SOUTH TYRONE | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| FOYLE | 13 | 51 | 64 |
| LAGAN VALLEY | 60 | 101 | 161 |
| MID ULSTER | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| NEWRY AND ARMAGH | 10 | 42 | 52 |
| NORTH ANTRIM | 37 | 37 | 74 |
| NORTH DOWN | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| SOUTH ANTRIM | 23 | 9 | 32 |
| SOUTH DOWN | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| STRANGFORD | 16 | 20 | 36 |
| UPPER BANN | 9 | 60 | 69 |
| WEST TYRONE | 8 | 35 | 43 |
| 518 | 945 | 1463 |
* Actionable voids are properties which are vacant while in the process of being allocated/awaiting change of tenancy repairs. These may also include properties deemed to be difficult to let.
Non-Actionable voids are properties that are not immediately available for allocation and are held vacant for operational reasons i.e. decanting purposes (where they are being used to house a tenant on a temporary basis pending works to their home), planned maintenance schemes, and properties which have been identified for sale/transfer or have approval for demolition.