620 reports of damp since March alone

In the six months since March there were 224 reports to the Waterside office, 215 to Collon Terrace and 181 to Waterloo Place.

The Minister was asked how many Housing Executive tenants in the Foyle Constituency reported damp and mould in their properties in the last six months.

Mr McCausland replied: “The Housing Executive has advised that since March 2012 they have received the following number of reports from tenants of damp/mould at their District Offices in relation to the Foyle constituency as follows: Collon Terrace, 215; Waterloo Place, 181; Waterside, 224.

“The Information provided is an Official Statistic. The Production and dissemination of all such Statistics is governed by the Principles and Protocols of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. This is enforced by UK Statistics Authority.”