the housing situation
The vast majority of properties are owner occupied (73% of occupied stock). The remainder consists of Northern Ireland Housing Executive dwellings (14%), housing association dwellings (3%) and private rented dwellings (10%).
Northern Ireland has one regional housing authority, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. It has responsibility for a wide range of areas including:
- homelessness
- improving housing conditions,
- developing programmes to meet housing need, and
- promoting energy efficiency
- managing its housing stock.
The Housing Executive also operates a Housing Selection Scheme for the allocation of social housing, along with over 40 Registered Housing Associations.
key facts
The following statistics have been taken from the ‘Northern Ireland Housing Statistics 2006-07’ complied by the Department for Social Development (DSD).
- 20,013 households presented as homeless to the NI Housing Executive
- 36,182 households were on the waiting list for social housing. 19,703 of these were considered to be in ‘housing stress’
- 2,413 court actions for mortgage repossession were made during 06/07
Recent statistics are available from the DSD and the Housing Executive.