§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information is available to indicate by district the number of homes repurchased and allocated by the Housing Executive and housing associations, respectively, the total amounts spent and the priority categories of the households to whom the homes were allocated.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe information in relation to properties repurchased by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and housing associations, excluding the Northern Ireland Co-ownership Association, as a result of the housing initiative announced by the Chancellor in his autumn statement, is given in the table.
All the properties repurchased by the Housing Executive have been allocated to households in urgent housing need or to transfer applicants whose vacated properties were then used to house urgent housing need applicants. Of the eight properties repurchased by housing associations, six have been allocated to households in urgent housing need and two are being repaired prior to allocation.
Properties repurchased by the Housing Executive and housing associations under the house purchase initiative. 290W
District Northern Ireland housing executive Housing associations Antrim — — Armagh 3 — Ballycastle 1 — Ballymena 4 — Ballymoney 1 — Banbridge 2 — Bangor 1 — Belfast 1 6 — Belfast 2 7 — Belfast 3 4 — Belfast 4 4 — Belfast 5 — — Belfast 6 — — Belfast 7 5 — Carrickfergus 11 — Castlereagh 1 1 — Castlereagh 2 4 — Coleraine 2 — Cookstown — — Craigavon — — Downpatrick 7 — Dungannon 2 — Fermanagh 3 — Larne 5 — Limavady 6 — Lisburn 1 3 — Lisburn 2 3 — Lisburn 3 3 — Londonderry 1 — 8 Londonderry 2 — — Londonderry 3 2 — Lurgan 8 — Magherafelt 1 — Newry 1 5 — Newry 2 4 — Newtonwabbey 1 3 — Newtownabbey 1 2 — Newtownards 1 4 — Newtownards 2 3 — Omagh — — Portadown 1 — Strabane 1 — Total number 122 8 Total Cost £2,558.750 £174,500