A Lisburn councillor’s confidence in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) has hit an “all time low”.
DUP representative Jonathan Craig was speaking after the housing agency’s CEO admitted they are facing difficulties due to the contractors used for various maintenance jobs facing “significant increases in the cost of materials and labour” which have “impacted timeframes and the capacity to deliver”.
NIHE Chief Executive Grainia Long, in a letter to Lisburn City and Castlereagh District Council this week, outlined how their ‘response maintenance and planned scheme’ contractor had gone into administration while they have been without a ‘planned maintenance’ contractor “for many months”.
