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| Mixed housing scheme is launched | |
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| The first mixed community social housing scheme in Northern Ireland in a generation is being launched in County Fermanagh. | The first mixed community social housing scheme in Northern Ireland in a generation is being launched in County Fermanagh. |
| The 20 families on Carran Crescent outside Enniskillen have signed up to a charter for their community. | The 20 families on Carran Crescent outside Enniskillen have signed up to a charter for their community. |
| In the Good Friday Agreement, it was envisaged that people should be able to choose where they wanted to live without intimidation. | In the Good Friday Agreement, it was envisaged that people should be able to choose where they wanted to live without intimidation. |
| Just under 95% of NI estates are segregated on religious grounds. | Just under 95% of NI estates are segregated on religious grounds. |
| Shared Future Housing is the Housing Executive's response. | Shared Future Housing is the Housing Executive's response. |
| The difficulty up to now has been safety and security concerns, which has been the predominant feature in the choice that people make Paddy McIntyreHousing Executive | |
| In Carran Crescent, no more than 70% of any one religion will be allowed and all the residents have signed up to a charter. | In Carran Crescent, no more than 70% of any one religion will be allowed and all the residents have signed up to a charter. |
| Elma Newberry, from the executive's community cohesion unit, said it has been well supported. | Elma Newberry, from the executive's community cohesion unit, said it has been well supported. |
| The executive said the pilot scheme would be evaluated and more schemes were being planned. | The executive said the pilot scheme would be evaluated and more schemes were being planned. |
| 'Not social engineering' | |
| Paddy McIntyre, chief executive of the Housing Executive, said other similar projects were planned. | |
| "All research that has been carried out has shown that there is a demand from people to live in mixed community housing," he said. | |
| "The difficulty up to now has been safety and security concerns, which has been the predominant feature in the choice that people make. | |
| "We are not social engineering. This scheme has been allocated on the basis of the normal housing selection." | |
| One new tenant, Michelle Johnston, said "everyone on the estate gets on so well". | |
| "We are all mixed, we are all different religions, we get on so well and the children play together - that's the way I want to live," she said. | |
| "I am sure the rest of the people on the estate are the same." | |
| Elma Newberry said everyone in the estate had "signed up in principle to this neighbourhood charter". | |
| "But it will be their charter. It will not be something that we will say 'you have to live life like this, or abide by this' - it's about how you want to live in your area and how you want to share with your neighbour and what do you want for your children? | |
| "The neighbours here are taking the opportunity to shape their neighbourhood." |