Social housing providers have written to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland calling for increased investment in order to tackle lengthy waiting lists.
The Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations has written to the Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris asking him to recognise the importance of social housing and increase the Department for Communities budget to support new building programmes.
It is also calling for additional support for the Supporting People budget, a programme which supports more than 19,000 to live independently.
