Debate contribution: Housing: Affordable Rent Programme
Debate contribution by Ms Diana Armstrong on .
- MLA
- Ms Diana Armstrong
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 16 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Ministerial Statements
- Heading
- Housing: Affordable Rent Programme
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5623681
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I thank the Minister for his statement. I welcome, as colleagues from Fermanagh and South Tyrone have done, the imminent release of 15 new two- and three-bedroom houses on the Old Eglish Road. The size of those homes is important. Although rents are set at 20% below market rates, many households on low incomes still struggle with affordability. What safeguards are therefore in place to ensure that those houses will remain genuinely affordable in practice over time? How will the Minister prioritise access for those most in need, rather than those who are simply able to meet the income thresholds?
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