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Housing Rights is an independent charity. 
We improve lives by tackling homelessness and housing problems in Northern Ireland.

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Housing advice and information

Housing advice

Advice for tenants and homeowners about how to manage, afford and keep your home.

For professionals

As the leading agency providing advice and information on housing in Northern Ireland, Housing Rights can help other professionals working in housing.

For landlords

Advice for private landlords on how to manage your tenancy and comply with legal requirements

How our advice has helped

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Preventing Clare's home from being repossessed

Clare contacted us when she was weeks away from repossession after falling into mortgage arrears on a home that was no longer affordable. 

She had experienced tragedy in her life that had resulted in her being unable to work, and therefore unable to pay for her home. 

We successfully helped her navigate the courts, we talked with her lender and we advised her so that she did not lose her home.

Mortgage Mortgage debt
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Mediation helps resolve problems in private tenancies

We helped Robert a private renter and his landlord Tim to come to reach a resolution through our housing mediation service. 

Private rented sector
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Housing Rights for Young People, Steven’s story

Steven took on responsibility of caring for his younger siblings and paying the rent when his mum moved out of the home for a while.

Homelessness Benefits

Our services

Housing Mediation Service

Housing Rights' Housing Mediation Service can help solve disputes in private rented tenancies.

It may help you find a solution to your housing problem.

Policy and Research

Our policy work is informed by the experiences of people who contact us for advice. We work on their behalf to secure positive changes to housing legislation, policy and practice in Northern Ireland.

Renters' Voice

Renters' Voice is a project for private renters in Northern Ireland who want to make renting better for everyone.  Our aims are to build a strong voice for private tenants in NI and a culture of tenant participation in development of the Private Rented Sector. 

Latest news

Homeless man on the street

Housing Rights responds to Stormont Committee’s Homelessness Inquiry report

 Housing Rights, today, welcomed the publication of the NI Assembly Public Accounts Committee’s report following its inquiry into homelessness. 

26 February 2026
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Dr Kevin Cunningham, Threshold holding the all-island report

New All-Island Research Reveals a Housing System Under Strain — North and South

The idea that Northern Ireland’s housing crisis is following the same trajectory as the Republic of Ireland’s has been circulating for some time. Much of the public conversation has centred on the intense affordability pressures facing renters in both jurisdictions.

27 January 2026
Kate McCauley, Housing Rights CEO standing in front of a blue background smiling Kate McCauley — Chief Executive
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Dr Kevin Cunningham, Threshold, Stephen Morrison and Jamie Miller standing with the Threshold report

Threshold and Housing Rights launch first All-Island Private-Rented Sector Tenancy Survey research

National housing charity Threshold, and Northern Ireland's leading housing advice charity Housing Rights, have today launched an all-island research report entitled “Renting on the Island of Ireland: An All-Island Survey of Private Rented Sector Tenants” at the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission office in Dublin. 

27 January 2026
Housing costs Rent arrears Private tenants Tenancy agreement Private rented sector Rent Tenancy Rent control

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