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30,658 households are recgonised as homeless

Fri Dec 06 2024 | Right to a Home | NIHE

New NIHE figures show that housing need is rising across the board – again

As of end September 2024, at least 19,700 kids under 18 were homeless across the north – 5,780 of them in Belfast

10,307 of the households on Belfast’s waiting list – eight out of every ten -- are considered by the Housing Executive to be in housing stress

Fri Jun 07 2024 | Right to a Home | NIHE

12,726 'households' on the social housing waiting list and no sign of a solution

Chronic housing need continues to rise across Belfast as the homeless now account for 71% of the waiting list

How high will the figures have to go before the authorities prioritise building social housing?

Thu Mar 14 2024 | Right to a Home | NIHE

What happens when the state deprioritises social housing?

2023 closes with unprecedented numbers of households on the waiting list, including at least 18,496 children growing up officially homeless

The Take Back the City Coalition has developed a masterplan for the Mackies’ site in west Belfast which has the potential to deliver 750 homes

Thu Mar 14 2024 | Right to a Home | NIHE

Child homelessness in Belfast rises 20% in under two years

Belfast’s social housing waiting list shows a marked increase in levels of homelessness since March 2022

If Chief Executive and Ministerial pay was linked to the successful delivery of new social housing units, they would likely be on the dole and presenting as homeless.

Thu Feb 15 2024 | Right to a Home | NIHE

How do you handle intimidation & homelessness when you’re overworked, underpaid and bosses aren’t doing their jobs?

With the housing system failing to deliver, Housing Executive staff went on strike last year seeking better pay and fair working conditions. But what is happening behind the scenes?

The approach in Northern Ireland, absent Stormont, has been far less proactive and far less critical than the devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland

Wed Jan 10 2024 | Right to a Home | The Executive Office

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission challenges the United Kingdom's Illegal Migration Act

The Commission has brought a legal challenge against the Illegal Migration Act on the grounds that it denies displaced people fundamental protections.

At the very least, one would have expected a public apology and commitment to investigate and redress these failings.

Fri Nov 03 2023 | Mental Health Rights | Department of Health

Does my face look bovvered? Department of Health’s attempt to ignore and minimise RQIA judgment

PPR publishes the Department of Health’s response to its letter regarding the implications of RQIA’s failure to regulate community mental health services

Thu Sep 07 2023 | Mental Health Rights | Department of Health

How many General Practitioners are trained in Suicide Awareness and Prevention?

The Department of Health admits that it does not have this data, despite identifying GPs as critical sources of support in their Protect Life 2 Suicide Prevention Strategy (2019)

PPR's research exposes that progress in building new social homes in a given area can't be set -- at least by the general public -- against the number of local families in need.

Fri Aug 04 2023 | Right to a Home | Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Social Housing Development in Northern Ireland: Who's Counting?

Question: What do you get when you compare data published by NI's official statistical agency against Housing Executive figures? Answer: More questions.

Build Homes Now youth activists rally in Belfast

Thu Jul 06 2023 | Right to a Home | NIHE

Child homelessness in Belfast - growing need in the first part of 2023

Following our recent publication of housing need data, PPR can now reveal that child homelessness is increasing

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