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The Minister for Social Development officially opens Clanmil Housing's £26m housing development in west Belfast.

Trinity Housing has several very valued volunteers supporting Tenants and staff in sheltered housing schemes.

The Minister for Social Development, Nelson McCausland MLA, has released the 2012-13 out turn figures for new build social and affordable homes.

The ‘Bedroom Tax’ will cost Northern Ireland more to implement than it will save in housing benefit, according to new figures released by the Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (NIFHA) and the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH).

It was with much delight, though little surprise, that Habinteg congratulated Teresa McDonough on being named Housing Hero at the prestigious CIH Northern Ireland Annual Housing Awards - showcasing housing’s ‘best of the best’ over the last year

Older people’s champion, Esther Rantzen CBE has praised local housing provider, Clanmil Housing Association for a project it runs at two supported housing schemes in Belfast for older people with dementia.

Volunteers from Trinity Housing, the Woodland Trust and South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust have teamed up to plant 300 trees provided by the Woodland Trust at Trinity Housing’s supported Housing Scheme, Cedar Court in Downpatrick.

Clanmil Housing’s Ardilea Close family housing scheme in Downpatrick has scooped a top prize at annual awards organised by the Northern Ireland Housing Council, a statutory body set up to advise on housing policy in Northern Ireland.

Helm Housing and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has announced they are approaching completion of Hemsworth Court, a £4 million dedicated supported housing development for people with dementia, located off the Shankill Road, Belfast.

A state of the art development, built by Oaklee Homes Group, has resulted in the first social houses built to certified Passive House standard in Ireland - and it has this week also won the housing group a top eco award for excellence in its field.