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| Affordable housing plan outlined | Affordable housing plan outlined |
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| Major plans for the creation of affordable housing in Northern Ireland are due to be announced later. | Major plans for the creation of affordable housing in Northern Ireland are due to be announced later. |
| The package of measures will be outlined in the assembly by Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie. | The package of measures will be outlined in the assembly by Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie. |
| Ms Ritchie said she intended the measures to aid thousands of people priced out of the property market. | Ms Ritchie said she intended the measures to aid thousands of people priced out of the property market. |
| The scheme will have implications for developers, the Housing Executive and a government co-ownership scheme which helps people onto the property ladder. | The scheme will have implications for developers, the Housing Executive and a government co-ownership scheme which helps people onto the property ladder. |
| The minister will reveal her plans to MLAs on Tuesday. | The minister will reveal her plans to MLAs on Tuesday. |
| This means greater efficiency and cost savings, enhanced quality of life and a healthier local and global environmental Tom McClellandRICS | |
| In recent months her department has been reviewing a number of studies including the recommendations of an independent report by the former head of the Civil Service, Sir John Semple. | In recent months her department has been reviewing a number of studies including the recommendations of an independent report by the former head of the Civil Service, Sir John Semple. |
| He has called for 10,000 new homes to be provided for low income groups. | He has called for 10,000 new homes to be provided for low income groups. |
| The minister is also expected to announce plans for more integrated housing. | |
| 'Particular approach' | |
| Paddy McIntyre from the Housing Executive said there was a need for more cross-community developments. | |
| "We have been gradually promoting shared future housing over this past two or three years," he said. | |
| "We have a lot of existing estates where there are still high levels of segregation and we have secured IFI funding, along with a range of other partners, to try and introduce the shared future concept to existing estates. | |
| "The target is that over three years we will have something like 30 estates around the province signed up to that particular approach." | |
| Tom McClelland of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said greater emphasis had to be placed on the creation of shared housing schemes and shared spaces in communities. | |
| "Shared communities are sustainable communities. This means greater efficiency and cost savings, enhanced quality of life and a healthier local and global environmental," he said. |