SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan has said the Executive must-ring fence any additional funding from the UK Government for housing.
He was speaking after the announcement of £2 billion funding to build 18,000 social and affordable homes.
Mr Durkan said he would be contacting Communities Minister Gordon Lyons to establish the Barnett Consequential for the North.
Said the Foyle MLA: “Following the announcement that the UK Government is allocating significant additional funding to building social and affordable housing we must urgently establish what Barnett Consequential the Executive expects to receive as a result.
“The Executive could see a financial boost as a result of this investment.
“It’s imperative that this money doesn’t disappear into Stormont’s financial black hole and is instead allocated for the same purposes here – building much needed housing to get families off waiting lists and to enable others to get on the housing ladder.
“The Executive’s approach to housing has been abject given the scale of the emergency we are dealing with, social new builds are in the hundreds, developments are being held up due to a lack of wastewater infrastructure and we are still none the wiser around how they intend to deliver the 100,000 homes promised in the Housing Supply Strategy.
“This funding will be no silver bullet, but it can have a significant impact if used for its intended purposes – delivering homes for families in need across the North.”
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