Cllr Tony Hassan. Sinn Fein’s housing spokesperson.
Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has said a reply to a question by Foyle MLA Maeve McLaughlin about housing in Derry proved his statement last week that social housing provision in Derry was at “crisis point.”
Cllr Hassan said the figures released to Maeve McLaughlin confirmed what he had been saying in recent weeks about the state of the housing crisis in the city.
He added: “There needs to be a radical overhaul of housing provision and the need for the building of thousands of new homes in Derry just to play catch up.”
Written Answer AQO 7082/11-15 – Housing Executive Waiting List: Foyle
Maeve McLaughlin had asked the Minister for Social Development how many people in the Foyle constituency were currently on the Housing Executive waiting list.
In a reply, the Minister said as at 1 October this year there were 3,316 applicants on the waiting list in the Foyle parliamentary constituency, of which 2,298 were in housing stress.
The breakdown of the waiting list is as follows:-
Single 1,581 with 1,059 in housing stress
Small adult 114 with 67 in housing stress
Small family 1,045 with 792 in housing stress
Large adult 27 with 24 in housing stress
Large family 187 with 121 in housing stress
Older person 362 with 235 in housing stress
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