Ards District Housing Plan 2013 - Northern Ireland Housing Executive

• During 2013/14 in Ards Borough, we plan to commence External Cyclical
Maintenance (ECM) works to 202 dwellings; install double glazing in 109
dwellings; replace kitchens in 323 dwellings; commence 40 heating installations;
and replace 144 oil boilers. Additional schemes include demolition works and a
special revenue scheme to replace 203 roofs in the Glen estate, Newtownards;
• Continue to fund an energy awareness programme.
Corporate Objective 2: Supporting independent living
• In Ards Borough, we commenced 93 adaptations to our stock in 2012/13 and
spent £583,000. The budget for 2013/14 in Ards Borough is £712,000;
• In the coming year in Ards Borough, we plan to complete Tenancy Support
Needs Assessments with all new tenants and provide support as required;
• We provide financial advice and counselling services for tenants, as required.
Corporate Objective 3: Building stronger communities
• We encourage all tenants to sign up to our Good Neighbour Agreement;
• We work to deliver projects of a cross community nature including the Shared
Communities Programme;
• We work in partnership with the statutory, community and voluntary sectors in
developing and delivering improved community safety at estate level;
• We continue to implement the Building Relationships in Communities (BRIC)
programme which aims to ‘put good relations at the heart of social housing’;
• We continue to implement the Race Relations policy.
Corporate Objective 4: Delivering quality services
• We work to reduce rent arrears;
We have restructured our
• During 2013/14 we will ensure our contract
local office management
management procedures for maintenance are
teams and realigned our
robust;
areas to form new
• We aim to meet district office targets in relation to regions.
housing, homelessness and maintenance.
Appendices
Appendices detail our programmes, performance, housing need projections,
waiting list and stock.
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