Views on the Northern Ireland Housing Supply Strategy

Response to the call for evidence by The Department for Communities

The Department for Communities (DfC) held a consultation based on the development of a new Housing Supply Strategy. This is the first formal stage of public engagement.

The policy objectives of the Strategy are to:

Increase housing supply and affordable options across all tenures to meet current and future demand.
Reduce housing stress and homelessness and improve housing solutions for the most vulnerable.
Improve housing quality.
Ensure the provision of housing options that contribute to the building and maintaining of thriving, inclusive communities and places.
Support the transition to carbon neutrality by reducing whole-life carbon emissions from both new homes and existing homes.

RTPI NI's response to the consultation submitted in July 2021, can be viewed here.