Sliabh Dubh is a new £21million social housing development on Belfast’s Springfield Road, and will provide one hundred and ninety five homes. It has been built on the site of the former JP Corry Builders Merchants Yard, by Fold Housing Association, with part grant aid from the Department for Social Development.
The name Sliabh Dubh translates as Black Mountain and was chosen by local school children in a competition.
In officially opening the site Margaret Ritchie said: “This is a significant boost for residents in West Belfast. Building one hundred and ninety five new, high quality social houses on one former brown field site is a magnificent achievement. My new Housing Agenda, the most radical programme for housing seen in a generation, means more and more social housing developments like Sliabh Dubh will be built.
“Fold Housing Association has successfully transformed this former Builders Merchants premises into a vibrant community where people obviously want to live. They deserve our congratulations for bringing this site back to life and for making such a major contribution to tackling housing need in this part of the city.”
Notes to Editors:
- Fold Housing Association is one of 36 housing associations registered with the Department for Social Development. It manages some 4,200 homes throughout Northern Ireland in sheltered accommodation, family housing and specialist care schemes.
- This 195 social housing scheme, comprising 173 family and general needs houses and 22 sheltered dwellings for older people cost £21million, including land costs. Some £18million was funded by the Department for Social Development through Housing Association Grant aid, with the balance contributed by Fold.
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