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The PSNI annual Human Rights conference – ‘Real People, Real Crime’ held on the 13th and 14th February 2006 focussed on hate crime and coincided with a re-launch of the ‘Hate Crime is Wrong’ poster across all 29 District Command Units. Opening the conference Sir Hugh Orde (Chief Constable of PSNI) said: 118_Northern Ireland Housing Executive (2002), Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment. “ The biggest challenge facing the police service is increasing the number of persons detected and prosecuted for hate crimes. I recently approved, along with my senior command, the implementation of a new hate incident policy which I believe will deliver a more consistent and effective police response to hate incidents.” The PSNI are endeavouring to raise awareness of hate crime including racist crime throughout Northern Ireland. Targeting: Housing In Northern Ireland public sector housing is managed by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE), unlike Scotland and the Republic of Ireland where housing is under the control of local authorities. One area in which the NIHE have had to assess housing need has been accommodation for Travellers. In 1999 the New Policy on Accommodation for Travellers (Department of the Environment) (D.O.E). (NI)) gave the Housing Executive the strategic role in the provision of accommodation for the Traveller Community. 118 Recommendation 5 of the Final Report of the Promoting Social Inclusion Working Group on Travellers stated: “ The Northern Ireland Housing Executive should undertake a comprehensive strategic needs assessment of current and projected accommodation requirements of all Travellers in consultation with Traveller organisations, members of Traveller Communities and District Councils.” There are four different types of housing: 1. Social Housing – any public sector housing (Housing Executive or Housing Association) 2. Grouped Housing – residential housing development with additional facilities and amenities specifically designed to accommodate extended families of Travellers on a permanent basis 3. Serviced Sites – a range of managed accommodation where Traveller families have a permanent base to park their caravan or erect timber framed Sectional Building where electricity, water and sewerage is provided and where other facilities such as communal or individual amenity units (providing toilet, washing and daytime living arrangements) may be provided 4. Co-operated Sites – sites on land owned by Government Departments where Travellers are located on a temporary basis. The NIHE Traveller Unit stated that they had to focus on delivering “culturally appropriate accommodation”. The needs assessment identified 1,228 individuals in 316 households across Northern Ireland. The assessment found that more than two-fifths (42 per cent) of respondents said that they would prefer social housing with similar numbers (38 per cent) stating grouped accommodation. Seventy-one per cent (47) of those in serviced sites said they would prefer grouped accommodation whilst 83 per cent (24) of respondents in co-operated sites said they would also prefer grouped accommodation.
improving government service delivery to minority ethnic groups Chapter 2: Northern Ireland Research Findings 58_59 119_The European Union (EU) countries plus Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. Currently there are four grouped housing pilot programmes either in operation or in planning two in rural locations and two in urban locations. There are five service sites, Belfast (x1), Derry London derry (x2), Coalisland (x1) and Omagh (x1). The five-year development program states that some of these sites require refurbishing to bring them up to health and safety standards. Co-operated sites are in the development plan with five being planned in Northern Ireland including Strabane, Belfast, Derry Londonderry, Craigavon and Newry. These sites would restrict parking to a maximum of 28 days and no more than 3 stops at that location per year and as one interviewee stated, “for nomadic Travellers this is really the key to let them travel around… have basic facilities and not be parking on the road side”. The interviews and focus groups with NIHE staff also highlighted the increased demand on housing in areas that have seen an increase in the numbers of migrant workers. Many immigrants are not eligible for public authority housing and this has impacted on the private rented sector. Such effects have included increased rent, which has also impacted upon local residents who are not able to afford private rented property and thus are applying for housing in the public sector. This also was noted to make it difficult for immigrants to get housing and as they were not legally entitled to public housing, the risk of homelessness increased. The tragic experience of one female migrant worker in Coleraine during December 2004 was recounted in a number of interviews. This woman from the Ukraine found herself homeless after losing her job and after a few weeks ended up living on the streets. Due to the extreme weather conditions at the time she developed frostbite and as a result had to have both of her legs amputated. Many stated that when individuals were not eligible for public housing the NIHE could only offer advice and information. Indeed immigration policy restricts what the NIHE can actually do in such circumstances. An advice leaflet for Migrant Workers by the Housing Executive states that ‘any person from abroad who is not a national of a country within the European Economic Area 119 is a person subject to immigration control’ and therefore is not eligible for an allocation of social housing. In addition if an individual cannot prove that they are habitually resident they are not eligible. Habitual residence is decided on factors such as: - - - - - Whether you have worked in the UK How long you have lived abroad Why you have come to the UK How long you plan to support yourself in the UK How long you plan to stay in the UK. The NIHE are currently initiating research in Dungannon to analyse the impact of increasing numbers of migrant workers on the housing market. In addition they are also conducting a mapping exercise throughout district council areas on the current migrant worker population thus beginning to assess future housing needs.
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