AQW 1254/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities for her assessment of current provision of one-bedroom, wheelchair-accessible residential accommodation in the Belfast South constituency.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 30 January 2020
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 30 January 2020
- Answer due by
- 14 February 2020
- Answered
- 22 February 202023 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Housing Executive has advised that there is currently only one, one-bedroom partially wheelchair accessible social home on the Accessible Housing Register, within the Belfast South Parliamentary Constituency. There are however a further five one-bedroom wheelchair accessible units to be added to the Register in May 2020.
You may also wish to note that there are a further 43 fully wheelchair accessible and 115 partially wheelchair accessible properties currently in the constituency
There are 338 social housing units programmed to start in Belfast South constituency through the Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) 2019/20 – 2021/22. A number of these schemes will include the provision of wheelchair accessible units; however, the agreed housing mix for some of these schemes has yet to be finalised.