AQW 17389/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the (i) number; and (ii) location of new social housing units planned for the Strangford constituency over the next five years.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 15 April 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 15 April 2021
- Answer due by
- 30 April 2021
- Answered
- 26 April 202111 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) is a three year rolling programme of planned social housing schemes, therefore I am unable to provide you with schemes for the next 5 years.
At table 1 below I have attached details of all social houses planned under the current SHDP 2020/21–2022/23 within the Strangford Parliamentary constituency.
Please note that the Draft SHDP 2021/22 – 2023/24 has been submitted to my Department for approval. The published SHDP will be updated to reflect additional and re-profiled scheme proposals in due course, subject to approval.
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 Permission.
Additional schemes can also be added to the SHDP in-year through the purchase of Existing Satisfactory / Off-the-shelf properties.
Table 1 List of social housing units programmed to start as part of the Social Housing Development Programme 2020/21 – 2022/23, within the Strangford Parliamentary Constituency
| Parliamentary Constituency | Housing Association | Scheme Name | Location | Units | Onsite Year | CompletionYear |
| Strangford | Ark | 56-60 East Street | Newtownards | 16 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | Ark | 56-60 East Street | Newtownards | 4 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | Clanmil | Sloane Crescent (NIHE Transfer) | Killyleagh | 4 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | Clanmil | Sloane Crescent (NIHE Transfer) | Killyleagh | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | North Belfast HA | 11 Lismara Place | Newtownards | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | North Belfast HA | 21 Blenheim Drive | Newtownards | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | North Belfast HA | 7 Abbey Road | Millisle | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | North Belfast HA | 21 Copeland Avenue | Millisle | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | North Belfast HA | 17 Park Crescent | Millisle | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | North Belfast HA | 4 Abbot Garden Mews | Newtownards | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | North Belfast HA | 28 Abbot Gardens | Newtownards | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | South Ulster | 1A Lenamore Park | Newtownards | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | South Ulster | 1B Lenamore Park | Newtownards | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | South Ulster | 1C Lenamore Park | Newtownards | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | South Ulster | 139 Upper Greenwell Street | Newtownards | 1 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Strangford | Choice | Court Street | Newtownards | 27 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
| Strangford | Habinteg | The Square | Ballynahinch | 6 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
| Strangford | Rural | Parsonage Close (T) | Kircubbin | 1 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |