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Article: Borough's housing waiting list grows to over 1,000.
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- Antrim Times (Antrim, Ireland)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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OVER 1,000 people are on the Northern Ireland Housing Executive waiting list for homes in the Antrim Borough.
At a meeting with Antrim Council last week, representatives of the Housing Executive explained that while they were satisfied with the progress on the provision of new social housing, growing waiting lists fuelled by affordability issues were a primary concern.
Colm McCaughley, the Housing Executive's Director of Housing and Regeneration highlighted the challenges to be met over the next year and said that across Northern Ireland, an increasing number of people had registered for housing and were now on waiting lists.
"Waiting list ...