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Derry News

Durkan: North’s housing crisis reaching breaking point

Mark Durkan, MLA, has called on Minister for Communities, Deirdre Hargey, to take urgent action to address housing waiting lists. SDLP brought a motion before the Assembly on Tuesday calling for Minister Hargey to increase the supply of social and ...

02 Nov 2021 at 17:43

Local News

Foyle MLA Durkan: "Hargey’s housing plan not making dent in waiting lists"

SDLP Communities Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has said the current rate of social housing buildings across the North is woefully inadequate. Figures obtained via Assembly Questions from the Department for Communities showed the number of new social ...

01 Nov 2021 at 13:08

National News

Majority of Irish people now living with their parents until they are almost 30

More than two in three people in Ireland between the ages of 25 and 29 still live at home with their parents, latest figures show. The figure has risen to 68pc of Irish adults in this age category who were still living at home in 2022. That ...

15 Aug 2023 at 11:25

Derry News

Derry housing crisis taskforce to be set up after lively council debate

Derry and Strabane Council will set up a Housing Crisis Taskforce to push for social housing and affordable homes across the District. The taskforce will seek to work with the DfC, the Housing Executive, Housing Associations and other ...

08 Mar 2024 at 17:00

DerryNow

Councillor Sandra Duffy raises over £40,000 for local homeless during year as mayor

Former Mayor of Derry and Strabane Sandra Duffy raised almost £43k for local homeless charity First Housing during her year as Mayor. The money raised will help her chosen mayoral charity carry out frontline services for the most ...

06 Dec 2023 at 19:00

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Derry housing crisis: Thatcher's 'Right to Buy' blamed

The statistics are stark - homelessness is one of the most pressing social issues in Derry. There are currently 45,000 applicants on the social housing waiting list across the North. The highest number of homeless presentations ...

27 Nov 2023 at 13:00

National News

Amnesty International say record homeless figures are 'a stain on Ireland’s reputation'

Human rights organisation Amnesty International Ireland have identified 'significant failings' in Ireland's addressing of the housing crisis and homelessless, according to a report. Amnesty's 'State of the World’s Human ...

27 Apr 2024 at 12:45

National News

Amount of young Irish adults still living with parents sees highest rise in Europe

Over a quarter of young Irish adults still live at home with their parents with that figure seeing the fastest rise in Europe over a four year period as the housing crisis bites. A new report outlines that more than ...

20 Jul 2023 at 14:55

Northern Ireland

Failure to reform funding of wastewater infrastructure ‘could be catastrophic’

A failure to reform how Northern Ireland’s water and wastewater infrastructure is funded could be “catastrophic” for the region’s economy, MLAs have been told. A representative from the construction industry said ...

24 Oct 2024 at 09:42

DerryNow

Housing Executive placing Derry children in 'non standard accommodation'

Derry City and Strabane District Council has been told by the Housing Executive it has 'run out of options' and is 'placing children in non standard accommodation'. Housing Executive Chief Executive, Grainia ...

05 Oct 2023 at 16:30

Northern Ireland

Evicted single mother urges Stormont to build houses on vacant site

An evicted single mother of four has urged the government to intervene to see housing built on the largest publicly owned vacant site in the city of Belfast. Marwa Basi and her children are currently living ...

01 Jan 2025 at 11:59

National News

'National crisis' as lowest amount of HAP houses available for rent on record

There were no properties available to rent within a standard Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) cap across the four main household types, a new report from the Simon Community has revealed. Just 29 ...

30 Mar 2023 at 16:06

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