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Department keen to hear from tenants living in private rented sector

8 March 2016

The Department for Social Development is keen to hear more from tenants who are currently renting a home from a private landlord or through a private agent in Northern Ireland.  The Department is currently carrying out a comprehensive review of the private rented sector.  

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Private Tenants Forum, Private Tenancies, Policy, NI Assembly

Assembly Roundup: February 2016

25 February 2016

A round up of some of the housing and home related questions asked in the Assembly in February.

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HMO Bill: Social Development Committee accept Housing Rights’ recommendations

17 February 2016

The Assembly’s Social Development Committee has published its Report on the Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill. The committee report has accepted recommendations made by Housing Rights in written and oral evidence.

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Private Tenancies, Policy, NI Assembly

Assembly Roundup: January 2016

28 January 2016

A roundup of recent housing related questions asked in the Assembly. 

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Housing Supply Forum publishes report and recommendations

22 January 2016

The Department for Social Development’s Housing Supply Forum has published its Report and Recommendations on increasing housing supply in Northern Ireland.

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Regulation, NI Assembly

Housing (Amendment) Bill: Social Development Committee accept Housing Rights’ recommendations

21 January 2016

The Assembly’s Social Development Committee has published its Report on the Housing (Amendment) Bill. In this, the Committee have accepted two recommendations made by Housing Rights in written and oral evidence.

The Housing (Amendment) Bill was introduced to the Assembly in 2015; amongst other clauses, the Bill aimed to allow information-sharing to and between the NI Housing Executive and registered housing associations in relation to antisocial behaviour.

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Policy, NI Assembly, Legal

Assembly Roundup: November 2015

24 November 2015

A roundup of recent housing related questions asked in the Assembly. The topics covered include:

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Stormont House agreement implementation plan

20 November 2015

The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed to allocate a total of £585million from Executive funds over four years to mitigate the impacts of welfare reform.  Eileen Evason, Emeritus Professor in social administration at the University of Ulster, will chair a working group which will develop proposals on how best to use these additional resources. 

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Benefits, Welfare Reform, Policy, NI Assembly

Housing Rights provides evidence on HMO bill

9 November 2015

Last Thursday Housing Rights provided evidence to the Social Development Committee on the Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Bill currently making its way through the Assembly. You can watch the Committee meeting which includes evidence on the HMO bill from Housing Rights, NICEM and a number of residents groups on the Committee's YouTube channel. 

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Private Tenancies, Policy, NI Assembly

Update on the Housing Strategy for Northern Ireland

28 September 2015

The Department for Social Development recently produced an update on their progress on Facing the Future: The Housing Strategy for Northern Ireland. The update shows that many of the actions are on track for delivery by 2017 by August 2015.

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Social Tenancies, Private Tenants Forum, NI Assembly

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