The Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) provides social housing in Northern Ireland.
It is managed by the Housing Executive’s Development Programme Group (DPG), on a 3-year rolling basis. DPG provides grant funding to housing associations, so that they can build or buy new social housing.
You can view the schemes currently included within the Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) on our SHDP online search tool.
Please note that the Social Housing Development Programme is frequently updated.
You can also download the latest amendments to the Social Housing Development Programme.
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Social Housing Development Programme delivery against Strategic Guidelines Report
(2018/19 to 2020/21)
You can read more about the number of social housing units started against the targets we have set.