To ask the Minister for Communities, further to the announcement in April 2021 of £162 million available for social housing, for a breakdown of how this money will be spent.

Funding for the Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) has been set at £162.5 million for 2021/22. The budget will be used to build social homes that are scheduled in the approved SHDP and also funds those schemes already under construction, that have been carried over from previous years. It also includes other financial commitments such as Disability Adaptation Grants.

£145.6 million will be used for the main SHDP with a further £16.9 million in Housing for All incentives.

It is anticipated that this budget will deliver 1,900 social housing starts and 1,400 completions. In general, programmed schemes can be lost or slip to future programme years for a variety of reasons, such as relating to delays in acquiring sites or failure to secure Planning Approval. Additional schemes can also be added to the SHDP ‘in-year’ through the acquisition of Existing Satisfactory Purchases, properties for Rehabilitation, or ‘Off-the-Shelf’ properties.