NIFHA Press Room
General Election 2010
Monday 26 April 2010
This section of our Press Room will keep you up-to-date on affordable housing and the General Election 2010.Although much of housing is a devolved matter some aspects remain locked in to what happens at Westminster. Therefore it is vital our prospective MPs and their parties remain informed and supportive of the provision of affordable housing in their constituencies.
Keeping Housing at the forefront of candidates’ minds
The Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (NIFHA), in conjunction with the other housing federations in the UK and our members, drew together a number of UK-wide housing challenges and developed an Election 2010 Manifesto.
We call on candidates to:
- Ensure the independent and voluntary nature of housing associations remains.
At a UK-wide level we ask for:
- New supply to avoid a further housing crisis
- Action on Climate change
- Promotion of Financial Inclusion
At a Northern Ireland level we call for:
- Facilitation of Labour Mobility
- Reform of Public Procurement
To read the manifesto in full click on General Election 2010 Affordable Housing Manifesto and download the PDF now.
A Pledge for Affordable Housing
NIFHA, in conjunction with the other Federations in the UK, is called on all parliamentary candidates to support affordable housing by signing up to our affordable housing pledge...
'I pledge to back the building of more affordable homes and to work towards all constituents having access to decent, affordable housing in safe and sustainable communities.'
Candidates who pledged their support
Declan O’Loan – SDLP
Adam McGibbon – Green Party
David Giffen – Alliance Party
Alan Lawther - Alliance Party
Anna Lo - Alliance Party (MLA)
Marie Hendron - Alliance Party (Councillor)
Gregory Campbell - DUP (MLA MP)
Ian Parsley - Conservatives and Unionists
Jayne Dunlop - Alliance Party
Andrew Muir - Alliance Party
Martina Anderson - Sinn Féin (MLA)
Naomi Long - Alliance Party (MP)
Irwin Armstrong - Conservatives and Unionists
Steven Agnew - Green Party (MLA)
Nigel Dodds - DUP (MP)
Claire Hanna - SDLP
Margaret Ritchie - SDLP (MLA MP)
Cadogan Enright - Green Party
Lesley Macauley - Conservatives and Unionists
Trevor Lunn - Alliance Party (MLA)
Sammy Wilson - DUP (MLA MP)
