500 new social homes planned for city

OVER five hundred new social homes will be built in Londonderry by 2015, according to the Housing Minister Nelson McCausland.
By Kevin Mullan
Published 31st Mar 2013, 14:03 BST
500 new social houses are planned for Londonderry.500 new social houses are planned for Londonderry.
500 new social houses are planned for Londonderry.

It follows the construction of 211 new social homes in the city in 2011/12.

Now Mr McCausland has revealed: “For the Foyle Constituency, the recently published Social Housing Development Programme for the three year period 2013/14 to 2015/16, proposes building 172 new social homes in 2013/14 and 334 new social homes in 2014/15.”

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Meanwhile, the Minister has also revealed there are currently five hundred tenants who want to transfer to another home in Londonderry.

“At March 1, 2013 there were 232 transfer cases for their Waterloo Place District Office, 144 cases for their Waterside District Office and 177 cases for their Collon Terrace District Office, giving a total of 553 transfer cases,” the Minister stated.

And the Minister also revealed there are currently over 1,000 one bed room properties in the city.

“The Housing Executive has advised that they have one bedroom properties as follows: Waterside District Office area 176; Waterloo Place District Office area 365 and 16 bedsits; Collon Terrace District Office area 201.

“Housing Associations have advised that they have a total of 337 one bed properties in the Foyle Constituency,” he stated.