SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has warned of serious implications including increased levels of poverty and homelessness as a result…
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Durkan welcomes long awaited progress on Meenan Square site
SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has welcomed confirmation from the Executive Office that the long overdue acquisition of the Meenan…
Stormont accused of ‘undermining’ Derry council’s planning applications
A Derry and Strabane councillor has accused the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) of “undermining” the planning function of the council.…
Durkan: Housing strategy won’t clear waiting lists
SDLP Communities Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has said Minister Deirdre Hargey’s Housing Supply Strategy will fail to clear social housing…
Jackson calls for plans to address ‘chronic’ housing shortage
NEW plans being developed by the city council must go much further in order to address Derry’s chronic housing shortage,…
Durkan welcomes legislation to protect private renters
SDLP Housing Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has welcomed progress on legislation to protect and safeguard those within the private rented…
Durkan: Minister lacks ambition on social housing
SDLP Housing spokesperson Mark H Durkan has expressed his concerns that social housing build targets still lags behind. In August…
Derry’s 120-year-old landmark Nazareth House being demolised for new homes
THE curtain has come down on a landmark institution in Derry with the demolition of the former Nazareth House care…
A SENIOR Housing Executive official has said not enough social homes are being built to meet demand in the north-west.…