Newry, Mourne & Down Housing Investment Plan Annual Update 2016 Contents 3 Foreword 5 Introduction 6 Context 15 Theme one – Identify and meet housing need and demand 29 Theme two – Improving people’s homes 35 Theme three – Transforming people’s lives 41 Theme four – Enabling sustainable neighbourhoods 47 Theme five – Delivering quality services 49 Appendix one – Housing need and demand 51 Appendix two – Social housing development programme 54 Appendix three – Maintenance programme 57 Appendix four – Social housing waiting list details 62 Appendix five – Housing Executive stock data 66 Appendix six – Contact details 67 Appendix seven – Glossary This document is available in alternative formats. Contact: Land and Regeneration (Housing Analytics) The Housing Centre, 2 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8PB Tel: 03448 920 900 Fax: (028) 9031 8775 Textphone: 0845 6504381 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nihe.gov.uk All mapping material within the document is Crown copyright and is reproduced with permission of Land and Property Services under delegated authority from the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, © Crown copyright and Database rights NIMA ES&LA209.3. 1 Newry, Mourne & Down Housing Investment Plan Annual Update 2016 Geography of Newry, Mourne & Down District Council Newry, Mourne & Down is divided into seven district electoral areas 2 Foreword Last year saw the launch of our four a community plan. The Housing which aims to deliver top class housing year Housing Investment Plans (HIP), Executive, as a statutory partner in and regeneration solutions to meeting which identified housing related planning and community planning, the needs of communities and partners outcomes to initiate discussions with has actively engaged with each of the now and in the future. councils and stakeholders to develop a new council’s Local Development Plan shared vision for the future of housing (LDP) and community planning teams, We look forward in 2016 to further in your council area. other statutory partners and community developing our relationships with representatives. councils and other stakeholders This year we are launching our first through the planning and community HIP annual update. The annual update Joint working throughout the last planning processes to build lasting reports on the progress of the Housing year has enabled us to develop strong housing solutions to benefit the whole Executive and other agencies to relationships and to benefit from community. achieve these outcomes and on how collaboration and sharing information. we intend to deliver housing ambitions The HIP has been instrumental in this over the remaining three years of the process. HIP, and the longer term. Close working with stakeholders, and In 2015, new powers were introduced our role in the community plan are key Donald Hoodless to councils, including responsibility elements in the Housing Executive’s Chairman for planning and a duty to produce ‘Journey to Excellence’ programme, HOUSING EXECUTIVE REGIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS 2015/16 has been an exceptional year for the Housing Executive. Over this period: • Working alongside housing associations we saw 1,568 new homes started last year; • Our response maintenance performance exceeded targets in terms of tenant satisfaction and completion rates; • 25,100 of our homes were included in the largest planned maintenance programme for many years, which saw expenditure of £85.3m; • Over £81m has been channelled into regional services, helping vulnerable people across Northern Ireland, including £8.3m on tackling homelessness and £73m through the Supporting People programme; • 9,973 homes were supported through private sector grants including a spend of over £15m on fuel poverty schemes and over £12m spent on grants for private homeowners; • £676.7m in housing benefit was administered in the last year to 165,314 customers; • In May 2015, the organisation secured the Investors in People ‘Silver Award’ accreditation. The organisation was re-credited Customer Service Excellence (CSE) with overall customer satisfaction levels for the current year running over 81%; • The Housing Executive has met all of its key targets for 2015/16. Importantly, we have delivered positive outcomes for customers across the range of Housing Executive functions in both landlord and regional services. The Housing Executive is well placed to continue to deliver much needed investment and services to people in Northern Ireland in the years ahead. 3 Newry, Mourne & Down Housing Investment Plan Annual Update 2016 4 Introduction Newry, Mourne & Down In 2015, the Housing Investment Plan The annual update retains the HIP Themes and Outcomes 2015-2019 Housing framework based around five themes Executive and associated outcomes. Detailed THEME ONE published the information of proposals is set out in Identify and meet housing need Newry, Mourne the Appendices. All statistics in this and demand and Down document refer to the NMDDC unless 1. Identify new housing District Council otherwise stated. requirements. HIP (NMDDC) 2015-19, which 2. Increase the supply of affordable aims to provide Vision renting to meet the needs of communities. a long term and ambitious vision for the The housing sector throughout Northern development of housing. This year we Ireland faces a number of challenges 3. Assist home ownership. have produced our first annual update, in the current economic climate but is the purpose of which is to record committed to working in a way that THEME TWO progress of actions set out in the HIP for goes beyond a simple ‘bricks and mortar’ Improving people’s homes 2015/16, and to detail new proposals approach. The housing vision for the for 2016-19. The annual update should NMDDC is one where: 4. Improve the quality of the housing be read in conjunction with the HIP stock. 2015-19. “housing plays its part 5. Develop low carbon homes and The HIP sets out a strategic direction in creating a peaceful, reduce fuel poverty. for housing across all tenures, both new and existing. Proposals detailed within inclusive, prosperous and THEME THREE this annual update seek to achieve this fair society”... Transforming people’s lives by promoting development, improving health and wellbeing, reducing 6. Provide suitable accommodation and support services for inequality, and by creating more This vision for the NMDDC seeks to vulnerable residents. cohesive, safe, vibrant and successful deliver sustainable communities, living places for all. in dwellings of a decent standard and in 7. Homelessness is prevented or is Since the publication of the HIP, the sufficient numbers to meet local needs addressed effectively. Housing Executive, as a statutory in both urban and rural areas. community planning and LDP partner, THEME FOUR has welcomed the opportunity to work Themes and Outcomes Enabling sustainable with the council and stakeholders to neighbourhoods incorporate and embed the HIP vision Success for housing providers and outcomes within community necessitates measuring the effect of 8. Regenerate neighbourhoods. planning and Local Development Plan interventions therefore, under each of 9. Create safer and cohesive processes. the five themes, a number of outcomes communities. have been identified. With limited and reduced public resources, the partnership approach, THEME FIVE which the community plan facilitates, Delivering quality services will become increasingly important 10. Deliver better services. to deliver good quality services and housing solutions for local communities. 5 Newry, Mourne & Down Housing Investment Plan Annual Update 2016 The HIP and the Community Plan These changes will only come about through effective engagement and NMDDC Thematic working Community Planning is about a range partnership working with individuals, groups: of partners in the public and voluntary families, communities and the private, sectors working together to better plan, 1. Economic Development, voluntary and public sectors. Regeneration and Tourism; resource and deliver quality services that meet the needs of people who live The community plan is the overarching 2. Environment and Spatial and work in Newry, Mourne and Down. strategic plan for Newry, Mourne and Development; Down. It provides a framework for the The Community Plan is recognised by other strategies and plans we will put 3. Health and Wellbeing; all Partners as the sovereign strategic in place to deliver the outcomes in the 4. Safety and Good Relations. planning document for the delivery of community plan. public services in Newry, Mourne and Down over the 14 years from 2016 to 2030 and will set out the overall vision for the local area. Context For the past year four thematic groups Strategic Context have been gathering and interrogating evidence across the four themes The HIP annual update has been identifying potential outcomes along developed within the context of the with indicators of how to measure Northern Ireland policy framework. success. The work of these groups will There has been significant development feed into the overall Community Plan in this area since the publication of for Newry, Mourne and Down Council the HIP. The relevant policies and which is scheduled for publication by strategies, which set the financial, legal March 2017, following a period of public and policy parameters within which the consultation. housing industry currently operates in Northern Ireland, are discussed. The draft Programme for The HIP and the Local Development Government (PfG) Plan (LDP) On