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Mid and East Antrim Housing Market Analysis Update
Social Housing Social housing in Northern Ireland is defined as housing provided at an affordable rent by registered Social Landlords and is allocated through a Common Waiting List administered by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. The Housing Executive has a statutory duty under the Housing NI Order 1981 to” regularly examine housing condition and need”. The Common Waiting List is a dynamic database and is split into a number of smaller geographic areas to facilitate applicants’ areas of choice for housing. For reporting purposes an annual Social Housing Need Assessment is produced from the Common Waiting List at the end of March each year. This allows the Housing Executive to assess the level of social housing need for defined geographic areas. The level of social housing need is projected for a five year period from March each year. This is presented annually to each of the councils in the Housing Investment Plan document.
Social Housing in Mid and East Antrim According to the 2011 Census Mid and East Antrim has a lower proportion of social housing at 12% compared to 15% for Northern Ireland as a whole. Table 16: Tenure Breakdown Mid and East Antrim and Northern Ireland 1991-2011 Tenure
Owner Occupation
Social Rental
Private Rental
Other *
N. Ireland
Mid & East Antrim
N. Ireland
Mid & East Antrim
N. Ireland
Mid & East Antrim
N. Ireland
Mid and East Antrim
2011
68%
72%
15%
12%
15%
14%
2%
2%
2001
70%
74%
21%
19%
7%
5%
2%
2%
1991
63%
66%
31%
29%
6%
4%
n/a
1%
CENSUS
A profile of Housing Executive stock is highlighted below. There remains 4783 Housing Executive units with just under 10,000 units sold. There are approximately 559 no Housing Association Properties in Mid and East Antrim.
