FOI Disclosure Log 2024

January 2024

January	Advice or guidance regarding the NIHE assessment of the potential danger of racist or sectarian violence in Belfast (PDF 220 kb)	FOI 247
January	Applicants for emergency accomodation over last 5 years (PDF 198 kb)	FOI 261
January	Correspondences received by Mid and East Antrim NIHE offices from elected representatives (PDF 192 kb)	FOI 238
January	Deaths in housing situations (PDF 225 kb)	FOI 254
January	Group Award PPE Contract (PDF 195 kb)	FOI 265
January	Housing costs (PDF 295 kb)	FOI 232
January	Housing need adjacent to Mackie site in Belfast (PDF 236 kb)	FOI 243
January	Maintenance work 20S-22S Mountcollyer Avenue (PDF 442kB)	FOI 237
January	Non-standard NIHE placements in Derry that were of a total longer than 3 months (PDF 108 kb)	FOI 239
January	Number of emails that the Housing Executive has received in Ards, North Down and Bangor office (PDF 173 kb)	FOI 252
January	Organisational structure (PDF 231kB)	FOI 283
January	Prisoner protocol (PDF 1.4MB)	FOI 281
January	Properties sold under House Sales Scheme and stock transferred to Housing Associations (PDF 212kB)	FOI 246
January	South Antrim MLA and MP correspondence to Antrim and Newtownabbey 1 and 2-offices. (PDF 241kB)	FOI 240
January	Staff numbers and caseload (PDF 212kB)	FOI 244
January	Three bedroom properties in Ballymena (PDF 220kB)	FOI 284
January	Transit pitches for travellers (PDF 156kB)	EIR 269
January	Traveller Accommodation Strategy (PDF 216kB)	FOI 230
January	Travellers – Application Process (PDF 689 kb)	FOI 233

February 2024

February	Average points upon allocation (PDF 182 kb)	FOI 259
February	Figures relating to housing victims of domestic violence (PDF 172 kb)	FOI 270
February	Financial information relating to housing benefits and new building (PDF 210 kb)	FOI 297
February	Gas and electricity contract data (PDF 221 kb)	FOI 272
February	Homelessness and non standard accommodation stats (PDF 184 kb)	FOI 276
February	Housing by nationality last 5 years (PDF 137 kb)	FOI 260
February	Information on telephone and internet services providers costs, renewals and contact details (PDF 188 kb)	FOI 291
February	Intimidation statistics and data (PDF 291 kb)	FOI 292
February	Kitchen, bathroom and window work completed over 25 years in Castlemara, Carrickfergus (PDF 146 kb)	FOI 285
February	NIHE internal staff transfer info (PDF 160 kb)	FOI 263
February	NIHE Level 7 vacancies enquiry (PDF 155 kb)	FOI 290
February	Non standard accommodation costs 2019-23 (PDF 178 kb)	FOI 258
February	Number of vacant properties in Newry City (PDF 210 kb)	FOI 306
February	Points information for Lisburn area (PDF 175 kb)	FOI 302
February	Request for research used to compile Supporting People Three Year Draft Strategic Plan and COVID-19 Recovery Plan 2022-2025 (PDF 145 kb)	FOI 278
February	Social Housing Development Programme completions for 2022-23 and 2023-24 to date (PDF 80 kb)	EIR 311
February	Social housing waiting list for Downpatrick (PDF 111 kb)	FOI 323
February	Software contract data (PDF 199 kb)	FOI 273
February	Supported Housing statistics past and future (PDF 221 kb)	FOI 275
February	Telephone maintenance contract data (PDF 233 kb)	FOI 266

March 2024

March	2-bedroom property allocations in the Cluain Mor and Clonard areas within the last 6 months (PDF 164 kb)	FOI 354
March	Allocations for Kings Road Flats in Belfast over the last year (PDF 166 kb)	FOI 320
March	Breakdown of homelessness data by ethnic minority, if children are concerned, length of time on the wait list and eligibility checks performed by NIHE (PDF 166 kb)	FOI 310
March	Data in relation to a New Supported Living Service regarding name, location, provider and costings (PDF 193 kb)	FOI 319
March	Homelessness data specific to individuals who came to NI as part of the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme or the Ukraine Family Scheme (PDF 83 kb)	FOI 307
March	Housing stock by type in Belfast, Lisburn and Castlereagh, and North Down and Ards areas and average points needed for them (PDF 263 kb)	FOI 328
March	Information on the NIHE offices (PDF 306 kb)	FOI 333
March	NIHE training of housing officers in relation to several government acts (PDF 143 kb)	FOI 295
March	Number and type of residential properties that are vacant in the various Belfast geographical areas (PDF 223 kb)	FOI 308
March	Queries on the use of hotels and similar as temporary accommodation including costings, volume, wellbeing checks and children affected split by council area for 2023 (PDF 268 kb)	FOI 316
March	Request for statistics relating to damp and mould complaints, repair requests and repairs completed split by area and property type (PDF 190 kb)	FOI 309
March	Statistics related to temporary accommodation broken down by costs, timeframes and type of accommodation going back 5 years (PDF 299 kb)	FOI 314
March	Volumes of housing units, people on wait list and various placement stats (PDF 324 kb)	FOI 303
March	Waiting List Mean and Median Points for the Omagh NIHE Local Office and Northern Ireland (PDF 145 kb)	FOI 304
March	Wheelchair accessible statistics (PDF 290kb)	FOI 288

April 2024

April	2023/24 tax year number of allocations by area and mean and median points of those allocations	FOI 373
April	Breakdown by council area for the years 2019-2023 of the social housing waiting list	FOI 343
April	Data relating to damp and mould, geographical location and property type broken down by year	FOI 349
April	Data relating to temporary and emergency accommodation in the past five years	FOI 340
April	Eviction and legal action information over last 12 months	FOI 330
April	Figures requested for temporary accommodation due to domestic abuse between 2018 and 2023	FOI 363
April	Home Improvement Grants spend query broken down by time period and type of grant	FOI 347
April	Housing stock information in Lower Springfield Road and Beechmount areas of West Belfast	FOI 377
April	Query to establish the process when GP support is required for applications	FOI 361
April	Request for data on a specific tower block renovation upgrade plans	FOI 369
April	Request for information related to wait times applicant religion points and availability specific to Rathcoole	FOI 336
April	Request for NIHE policy documents regarding complaints, non compliance of complaints and offers	FOI 342
April	Requested figures for discretionary grants for 2020 to 2024 and those for individuals who met exceptional circumstances criteria	FOI 350
April	Requested list of all the areas of choice within Mid and East Antrim that NIHE currently considers to not have a need for additional social or affordable housing	FOI 360
April	Requesting the annual expenditure on Housing Benefits for people of pension age and change in expenditure over the last 20 years	FOI 365
April	Various queries for North Down and Ards area regarding NIHE properties	FOI 329

May 2024

May	Allocations in the Newcastle Common Landlord Area	FOI 397
May	Allocations made for three bedroom properties in the Lagmore, Twinbrook and Poleglass area of West Belfast	FOI 375
May	Average points needed by property type West Belfast	FOI 409
May	Ballygowan Common Landlord Area average number of points	FOI 391
May	Breakdown of nationalities housed in Fermanagh and Omagh district council areas since 2023	FOI 386
May	Choice based letting scheme allocations since 2014	FOI 392
May	Cost of Housing Benefit contributions to the private rented sector and total spend on new build social housing	FOI 383
May	Home Repair Assistance Grants data	FOI 374
May	Homelessness data breakdown	FOI 388
May	Housing Benefit department role when customers have transitioned to Universal Credit	FOI 389
May	Housing figures at 31-03-24 by Common Landlord Area	FOI 390
May	NIHE external law firm arrangements	FOI 398
May	Vacant properties in Downpatrick and an estimation of points needed to secure one	FOI 380

June 2024

June	Energy Management System and gas queries	FOI 387
June	Policy and criteria related to the designation of properties to people aged over 35	FOI 399
June	Housing allocation of single male applicants within last 5 years - breakdown by age, ethnicity and religion	FOI 402
June	Property allocations in Upper Ormeau and Annadale areas by property type and size	FOI 403
June	How many single applicants were granted a 3-bedroom property on request so family members could stay with them between 2000 and 2024	FOI 405
June	Temporary accommodation policy and how many single let emergency/temporary/decampment properties in Derry were allocated in each month of 2024	FOI 407
June	Has NIHE gifted buildings or land to community groups in Portadown. Has NIHE paid salary to anyone in a community group. Cost of maintenance	FOI 408
June	Queries about energy suppliers used by NIHE and costs over the last 5 years. If NIHE had signed up to specific government schemes	FOI 411
June	Data on housing stock, communications staff and how staff wages are covered	FOI 414
June	Equality Impact Assessment for the policy guiding allocation of temporary accommodation	FOI 415
June	Number of NIHE properties. Number of Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICRs) and faults recorded	FOI 416
June	Data on social housing waiting list, housing stress and FDA status March 2024	FOI 418
June	Number of void NIHE properties in Newry City and how many have gone more than 6 months without allocation	FOI 420
June	Data on homeless people who die while on NIHE waiting list	FOI 421
June	Number of vacant properties in the North Belfast area and the average time spent on the wait list	FOI 422
June	Wait list for Ballycastle area, waiting time, and accessibility factors relating to those on the list	FOI 423
June	PPE procurement and contract processes	FOI 426
June	Number of foreign nationals housed in the Belfast West Parliamentary Constituency within the last 6 years	FOI 430
June	Queries about the Right to Buy Scheme	FOI 431
June	Figures for Housing Benefit payments split by Housing Association and private rental sector	FOI 434
June	Average and median wait for a 2-bedroom house for someone with Ardoyne as their selected area and more than 160 points	FOI 452

July 2024

July	Bradan Court Rathcoole OCS contract (PDF 588 kB).	FOI 471
July	Breakdown by nationality regarding allocations within the Newtownabbey Borough within the past 5 years (PDF 76 kB).	FOI 440
July	Homelessness statistics including number housed in temporary accommodation, number of properties owned by NIHE and wait list data broken down by nationality (PDF 229 kB).	FOI 436
July	Housing Executive establishment date, legal status, financial information and staffing information (PDF 205 kB).	FOI 457
July	Housing Executive spinal points and salary scales for all grades for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years (PDF 446 kB).	FOI 475
July	How facilities management services are handled and details regarding suppliers, contracts and procurement process (PDF 161 kB).	FOI 446
July	Information relating to mental health risk assessment policy and practice within NIHE in relation to employees including assessment and training processes (PDF 677 kB).	FOI 448
July	Lone Pensioner Allowance questions (PDF 132 kB).	FOI 433
July	Northern Irish equivalent legislation to the Right to Repair Regulations in England, Wales and Scotland (PDF 281 kb).	FOI 443
July	Single let temporary accommodations allocated in June 2024 in the BT48 area (PDF 198 kB).	FOI 458
July	St Columb's Wells, Derry City land ownership query (PDF 479 kB).	EIR 450
July	Types of properties currently owned by NIHE (PDF 209 kB).	FOI 467
July	Use of NIHE vehicles and the users, purposes and related policies (PDF 236 kB).	FOI 449
July	Waiting list data by council area including where the longest wait is geographically (PDF 233 kB).	FOI 459

August 2024

August	Affordable Warmth Scheme queries (PDF 173 kB).	FOI 470
August	Allocation data for 2024 broken down by Common Landlord Area and by average points (PDF 377kB).	FOI 473
August	Ballymena and Mid and East Antrim Borough homeless figures (PDF 182kB).	FOI 486
August	Bathroom replacement schemes planned for the BT13 area (PDF 158kB)	FOI 484
August	Breakdown of the number of single females housed by NIHE by their nationality (PDF 173 kB).	FOI 435
August	Data for single people housed by NIHE broken down by nationality (PDF 186 kB).	FOI 485
August	Domestic violence and abuse related statistics, policy and guidelines (PDF 311kB).	FOI 468
August	HR and internal running costs for the Housing Executive (PDF 91 kB).	FOI 472
August	Housing Executive staff handbook on homelessness and approach to housing a disabled person (PDF 4.6 MB).	FOI 497
August	Intimidation points awarded under each eligible category between 2021-2024 (PDF 52kB).	FOI 492
August	IT procurment, software, hardware and security in NIHE (PDF 128 kB).	FOI 479
August	Universal credit and rent in relation to a hostel (PDF 158 kB).	FOI 482
August	Waiting list data relating to families and the minimum points that have allowed a family to be offered a home (PDF 269 kB).	FOI 494

September 2024

September	Allocations in specific areas for a one year period (PDF 785 kB)	FOI 510
September	Breakdown of NIHE housing stock by area and bedroom count (PDF 825 kB)	FOI 522
September	Data relating to vacant properties, reason for vacancy & wait list length broken down by council area (PDF 785 kB)	FOI 505
September	Hate Incident Practical Action (HIPA) Scheme (PDF 734 kB)	FOI 520
September	Highest and lowest points for allocations and how many vacant or not allocated 2 and 3 bedroom houses in specific areas (PDF 810 kB)	FOI 490
September	Multi-Functional Devices, printing and scanning services contracts (PDF 747 kB)	FOI 511
September	Number of deaths of homeless people from the beginning of July 2023 to the end of July 2024 (PDF 690 kB)	FOI 502
September	Number of persons housed in North, West, South and East Belfast in the last ten years broken down by age, gender and nationality (PDF 724 kB)	FOI 504
September	Ownership of social housing in Rathcoole (PDF 720 kB)	FOI 516
September	Points required for a 3 bedroom property in a specified area of Belfast over the last year and the number of individuals waiting (PDF 725 kB)	FOI 474
September	Vacant properties in Newry City (PDF 78 kB)	FOI 501
September	Waiting list and stock held (PDF 434 kB)	FOI 498

October 2024

October	Average points required for one and two bedroom properties for Belfast region from January 2024 to present (PDF 173 kB)	FOI 529
October	Children in temporary accommodation in the last five years by age, sex, Assembly constituency and local council area (PDF 255 kB).	FOI 535
October	Disabled Facilities Grant uptake broken by age in each financial year 2019 to 2024 (PDF 296 kB).	FOI 530
October	Hate Incident Practical Action Scheme 2022-2024 query relating to applications, decisions and actions in Belfast and NI (PDF 181 kB)	FOI 534
October	How many deaths of those on the wait list deemed homeless occurred in July 2024 alone and for 2023 (PDF 207 kB).	FOI 536
October	Information requested on tower blocks and fire and safety regarding cladding (PDF 223 kB).	FOI 512
October	How many single let temporary accommodations were given out in the Galliagh and Carnhill area for the year 2024 in the months of May, June, July, August and September (PDF 203 kB).	FOI 544
October	Mid Shankill phase 2 bathroom replacement scheme (PDF 137 kB)	FOI 557
October	Mould and damp in NIHE properties from 2020 to 2021 (PDF 89 kB)	FOI 550
October	NIHE HMO Grants and disposal procedures (PDF 149 kB).	FOI 531
October	NIHE stock data, turnover, demand, and points needed for properties in Belfast and North Down areas (PDF 235 kB).	FOI 523
October	Number of three bed housing stock in Belfast and NI as a whole (PDF 113 kB).	FOI 555
October	Points and housing stock query in relation to speediness of getting an offer of accommodation (PDF 249 kB).	FOI 514
October	Query regarding a specific scheme carried and the number of leaseholders the Housing Executive has received payment from (PDF 125).	FOI 552
October	Use and occupation related queries (PDF 207 kB)	FOI 549
October	Void properties, longest time on waiting list and the duration between a vacancy and new tenancy (PDF 81 kB).	FOI 559
October	Waiting list, number of people in non-standard accommodation by age, household type and area as well as non-standard accommodation costs (PDF 162 kB).	FOI 517

November 2024

November	Clanmil Housing Association initiated legal actions and evictions (PDF 241 kB)	FOI 571
November	Chapter 7 of the Homeless Guidance Manual (PDF 422 kB)	FOI 604
November	Condition of social housing in Fermanagh (PDF 174 kB)	FOI 560
November	Ethnic and religious composition of social housing waiting list in Belfast (PDF 644kB)	FOI 541
November	Freedom of Information requests deemed vexatious in each of the calendar years 2023 and 2024 (to date) (PDF 82 kB)	FOI 563
November	HMO Grant and South Belfast Sector Study 2006 (PDF 136 kB)	FOI 577
November	Homeless presenters (out of hours) to the NIHE since January 2024 requesting temporary accommodation (PDF 79 kB)	FOI 565
November	Homelessness caused by domestic violence and intimidation (PDF 155 kB)	FOI 583
November	Housing stock and vacancy queries (PDF 264 kB)	FOI 556
November	NIHE benchmark exercise against Dame Judith Hackett’s recommendations (PDF 227 kB)	FOI 547
November	NIHE expenditure on hotel accommodation for homelessness (PDF 145 kB)	FOI 546
November	NIHE procedures and processes around 1) acquiring and 2) allocating non-standard temporary accommodation (PDF 136 kB)	FOI 540
November	Number of crash beds (PDF 169 kB)	FOI 591
November	Rathcoole homes which have an additional toilet or are adaptable to meet disabled needs (PDF 94 kB)	FOI 569
November	Social Housing Waiting List for greater Shankill area (PDF 194 kB)	FOI 574
November	Temporary accommodation by ethnicity and religious background April 23 to Sept 24 (PDF 335 kB)	FOI 558
November	Three-bedroom housing stock in Belfast and Northern Ireland (PDF 176 kB)	FOI 570
November	Various queries in relation to the waiting list (PDF 868 kB)	FOI 562

December 2024

December	Affordable Warmth information figures for 21 to 22 and also the numbers for fees to NIHE and Council for the three years 21-24 (PDF 197 kB)	FOI 594
December	Ardoyne CLA - the number of 2 bedroom house (not flats) allocations by NIHE in 2024 (PDF 142 kB)	FOI 600
December	Cllr Paul McCusker attendance records at board meetings date between his appointment to the Housing Executive Board and his resignation (PDF 72 kB)	FOI 602
December	High rise buildings owned by NIHE and building safety report query (PDF 133kB)	FOI 628
December	Homeless applicants that presented to the Housing Executive citing loss of private rented accommodation, in the last three years, broken down by local council area (PDF 256 kB)	FOI 589
December	Homeless data on the number of young people (16-25) who were presenters and accepted by all local authorities in Northern Ireland in 2023 to 24 (PDF 74 kB)	FOI 612
December	Homelessness decisions and County Court Appeals procedure document (PDF 828 kB)	FOI 623
December	NIHE staffing query (PDF 66 kB)	FOI 610
December	NIHE measures to minimise rough sleeping risk during the holiday period (PDF 111 kB)	FOI 614
December	NIHE-owned land and property which is unused and cost to maintain (PDF 190 kB)	FOI 593 / EIR 593
December	Points and average wait list for West Belfast CLAs (PDF 157 kB)	FOI 590
December	SLAs for return of customer phone calls (PDF 170 kB)	FOI 590
December	Use of Verify Earnings and Pensions alert system by NIHE (PDF 87 kB)	FOI_622
December	Vacant NIHE properties and reason for vacancy (PDF 125 kB)	FOI 626
December	Wait list statistics for quarter ending 30 September 2024 (PDF 517 kB)	FOI 585