To ask the Minister for Communities whether a person on the social housing waiting list, who subsequently secures a private rental property, is still able to use previously awarded Housing Executive points for homelessness in an application.

The Housing Executive will have discharged its statutory duty to all Full Duty Applicant Households (those “accepted” as statutorily homeless) once a household secures a permanent tenancy with all associated points removed. Should the household subsequently find themselves homelessness or threatened with homelessness, they can present to the Housing Executive where a new assessment of their circumstances will be undertaken and if they meet the tests to be “accepted” as statutorily homeless will again be awarded full duty status and appropriate points.