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Housing Needs Assessment and specialist housing requirements
The Housing Needs Assessment identifies specialist housing needs across the Borough including affordable housing, supported housing, and Travellers accommodation, with a remaining social housing need of 1,272 units to 2030.
A key consideration in facilitating the right mix of housing tenures is the Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) undertaken by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE). The HNA provides an evidence base that highlights specialist housing needs in the Borough, including affordable housing, supported housing and Travellers accommodation. The current HNA (September 2018) indicates a remaining social housing need of 1,272 units to the year 2030, in a number of settlements across the Borough.
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