AQW 18744/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities whether additional support will be provided to the Housing Executive to ensure it can meet its statutory duty to provide emergency homes, given the pressure over recent days when the Housing Executive was concerned that it had reached full capacity of available emergency accommodation.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 25 November 2024
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 25 November 2024
- Answer due by
- 10 December 2024
- Answered
- 8 January 202544 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Discussions have been ongoing with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, who strongly refute comments around their failing in their statutory duty to homeless presenters recently.
Following the October monitoring round, I have provided an additional £6.7m to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to prevent the risk of homeless service closures and ensure statutory obligations can continue to be met.