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Department for Communities Housing Policy and Funding Role
DfC sets regional housing policy, provides grant funding for social housing, loan funding for intermediate housing, sets property value limits for intermediate housing, and registers and monitors Registered Housing Associations and their design standards.
DfC is responsible for setting housing policy at a regional level in Northern Ireland, as well as providing grant funding for the Social Housing Development Programme. DfC may also provide loan funding for intermediate housing and sets the property value limit for intermediate housing products. In addition, it has responsibility for the registration, inspection and monitoring of Registered Housing Associations (RHAs) and for maintaining the Housing Association Guide, part of which sets the design standards that social rented housing must adhere to.
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