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Improving 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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Mortgage

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.

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

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ADVISER: Reviewing a decision that someone is intentionally homeless

One of our caseworkers recently helped a client who presented as homeless to the Housing Executive after losing his tenancy.   

Asking for a review of a negative homeless decision requires expert advice. Housing Rights caseworkers have specialist experience in appealing these decisions.  

 

23 November 2023
Faith Westwood
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The human cost of the Local Housing Allowance freeze

Our Policy Coordinator, Stephen Morrison, writes about how frozen Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates have impacted private renters across Northern Ireland. 

Housing Rights urges the UK Government to stop freezing thousands of people out of sustainable homes this winter, by urgently unfreezing LHA and realigning it back to minimum the 30th percentile of affordability.

21 November 2023
Stephen Morrison
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Press release: New research pinpoints mortgage holders struggling due to high interest rates and the cost of living crisis

Research commissioned by Housing Rights reveals a concerning trend in Northern Ireland, where an increasing number of households are struggling to make their mortgage payments.  

7 November 2023