by Policy | Mar 26, 2025 | News
Department for Communities Temporary Accommodation Announcement This morning, the Minister for Communities announced that he had approved a proposal from the Housing Executive to enable the purchase of up to 600 properties from the general housing market, over the...
by Policy | Mar 25, 2025 | News
The NI Audit Office Report On Tuesday 25 March, the NI Audit Office published its “Homelessness in Northern Ireland” report. Commenting on the content of the report, Nicola McCrudden, Chief Executive of Homeless Connect, the representative body for the...
by Policy | Mar 10, 2025 | News
The Consultation Homeless Connect has made its submission to the Department of Finance’s consultation on the draft budget for 2025/6. The draft budget sets out the spending envelope for Executive Departments for the forthcoming financial year. Our response to...
by Policy | Mar 4, 2025 | News
The Programme for Government On Monday 3 March 2025, the Executive Office published the final Programme for Government (PfG). The final document, published after a consultation on a draft programme in late 2024, includes nine priorities and three missions. Of...
by Policy | Feb 27, 2025 | News
Press Release Latest housing statistics show homelessness numbers continuing to spiral upwards This morning the Department for Communities released the latest edition of its Housing Bulletin for September to December 2024. The statistics record yet another rise in the...
by Policy | Feb 25, 2025 | News
Health Inclusion Nurses This afternoon the APG on Homelessness held its latest meeting at the NI Assembly. The group heard from Lisa Ewart, Michelle Doyle and Susan Semple who work as Inclusion Health Nurses for the South Eastern, Western and Belfast Trusts...
