housing executive waiting list

totallybroke_2

bestpud wrote: »

About a month if I remember correctly. It wasn't long anyway.

Why, if you don't mind me asking?

sent u a message.......

Phoolgrrrl

NIHE no longer do new builds, that was passed to housing associations, and most of them have been suspended from building! Money from RTB sales were used as part of NIHE's budget. Your far better imo taking HB and using it in private rental cuz there are 40 thousandish people on the waiting list already and no where near enough houses in high demand areas and seemingly no way the social sector are gonna meet demand any time soon. You don't have the same security of tenure, but it's better than living in an overcrowded house:undecided

saverbuyer

Phoolgrrrl wrote: »

NIHE no longer do new builds, that was passed to housing associations, and most of them have been suspended from building! Money from RTB sales were used as part of NIHE's budget. Your far better imo taking HB and using it in private rental cuz there are 40 thousandish people on the waiting list already and no where near enough houses in high demand areas and seemingly no way the social sector are gonna meet demand any time soon. You don't have the same security of tenure, but it's better than living in an overcrowded house:undecided

I think a much better idea would be to
1: Do a full assessment of those on the list. Anyone can be on the list. I could make 100K a year and be on the list. The only thing is I would be at the bottom. We need accurate number of those who NEED to be housed.

2: There are 60K unoccupied derelict building in NI. Landlords need to be penalised for removing this stock and letting it sit.

3: Most importantly Housing needs to be cut. This is paid to the landlord. It is not give to the tenant. The amount saved by the cut needs to be pumped directly into building new stock. NIHE have ample surplus land they could build on. Put it out to fixed price competitive tender and let the free market do the rest.

HB gives NOTHING back to ordinary people. It is a gift to landlords.

Phoolgrrrl

The panarama show the other week showed a local authority in England reassessing the people on the waiting list and dramatically reducing it, however there are 20 000 on the list in housing stress so there would still be a substantial demand even after reassessment.

the payment of rates on unoccupied properties should help address the void property situation, however a lot of those properties are not fit to be lived in.

There is already a shortfall between HB and rent in the private sector for most people. The furure benefit cuts are going to squeeze people even more. But there's no money to build new social houses. Everyone needs to get onto this site to learn to budget!

Hank_Marvin

Anyone know if i would be allowed to go for an exchange if property is either Council and or Guinness Hermitage to a NIHE.
From Cornwall to in and around Belfast/Bangor..

tara747

saverbuyer wrote: »

I think a much better idea would be to
1: Do a full assessment of those on the list. Anyone can be on the list. I could make 100K a year and be on the list. The only thing is I would be at the bottom. We need accurate number of those who NEED to be housed.

2: There are 60K unoccupied derelict building in NI. Landlords need to be penalised for removing this stock and letting it sit.

3: Most importantly Housing needs to be cut. This is paid to the landlord. It is not give to the tenant. The amount saved by the cut needs to be pumped directly into building new stock. NIHE have ample surplus land they could build on. Put it out to fixed price competitive tender and let the free market do the rest.

HB gives NOTHING back to ordinary people. It is a gift to landlords.

I agree with your first two points, especially the second.

On the third, I assume you mean that housing BENEFIT needs to be cut? I also agree with that. Raising HB just means rising private rents, which is a direct transfer of money from the taxpayer to private landlords - this is nothing short of a disgrace. I would love to know the percentage of renters in NI who are in receipt of HB - if it were high enough, then HB could easily be cut and LLs would just have to suck it up.

ballyblack

There are 60K unoccupied derelict building in NI. Landlords need to be penalised for removing this stock and letting it sit.

They will be penalised

From October rates will have to be paid on unoccupied houses. That should put more houses on the rental market


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highrisklowreturn

In theory it should put more on the rental market. However, many of these houses are already up for rent but have not been let and many would be in a state of insufficient repair. I expect the levying of rates on such properties will assist in commencing another down-leg in property values in certain areas. I'm pretty sure many of these units exist in areas where there is already a depressed market.