Travellers Accommodation Needs Assessment and Strategic Role

In 1999 the DOE (NI) gave the NIHE the strategic role in relation to the provision of accommodation to meet the needs of the Traveller community (see Glossary). Subsequently, the NIHE produced a report entitled "Travellers Accommodation – Needs Assessment for Northern Ireland 2002". This report examined in detail the population and household characteristics, available accommodation and issues affecting the Traveller community and made several recommendations. The most important recommendation was to identify a 5-year rolling programme of schemes required to meet the accommodation needs of Travellers.