AQW 17694/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities

To ask the Minister for Communities when are the COVID-19 accommodation arrangements due to end; and how many of those individuals or families have been provided with future accommodation when temporary accommodation arrangements end.

Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 21 April 2021

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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

The Housing Executive has statutory responsibility for responding to Homelessness.

The Housing Executive’s Reset Plan outlining its homelessness response to Covid-19, including a summary of various stages up to March 2022 can be accessed at: https://www.nihe.gov.uk/Documents/Homelessness/ homelessness-reset-plan-the-way-home

With regard to the future provision of permanent accommodation for those currently in Temporary Accommodation, the Housing Executive will continue to make offers to families and individuals as accommodation becomes available. During the 2020/21 financial year a total of 1,374 households were moved from Temporary Accommodation to permanent social housing and efforts to ensure that offers of appropriate accommodation are made will continue.

Official sources