by Policy | Jun 13, 2024 | News
Over 5,000 children living in temporary accommodation in NI Today, the Department for Communities published the latest homelessness statistics for Northern Ireland. The figures show that in April this year there were 5,106 children living in in temporary...
by Policy | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Housing and homelessness sector leaders outline ‘grave concerns’ at social housing new starts figure for 2024/5 The leaders of four leading homelessness and housing sector representatives have written to the First and Deputy First Ministers outlining their ‘grave...
by Policy | Jun 6, 2024 | News
CRISPP Co-chairs welcome news of additional funding for Supporting People Programme On Wednesday 5 June, the Minister for Communities announced that the Supporting People Programme will receive an additional £4.8 million in 2024/5 in addition to the baseline figure...
by Policy | May 28, 2024 | News
On 28 May 2024, the Minister for Communities Gordon Lyons MLA briefed the All Party Group on Homelessness and took a wide range of questions from MLAs and observers who attended. In his presentation, Minister Lyons outlined four key areas of work for his Department in...
by Policy | May 23, 2024 | News
The Housing Bulletin This morning the Department for Communities released the latest edition of its Housing Bulletin for January to March 2024. The statistics record another rise in the number of households on the social housing waiting list since the publication of...
by Policy | May 22, 2024 | News
Homeless Connect ‘warmly welcomes’ proposed repeal of Vagrancy Acts At the Assembly on Monday May 20, the Minister for Justice, Naomi Long MLA outlined her intention to repeal the relevant sections of the Vagrancy Act 1824 and the Vagrancy (Ireland) Act 1847 which...
