£1bn required to improve Housing Executive stock

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£1bn required to improve Housing Executive stock

The cost of improving Northern Ireland's social housing stock has soared to £1bn, it has been revealed. And Housing Executive (HE) chiefs believe that figure may well be an underestimate. The £1bn bill emerged, however, as the level of 'housing ...
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