Publications

This Policy Statement details the responsibilities regarding the prevention of fraud, bribery or serious irregularity within the Department and non-departmental Public Bodies.

The Department has prepared guidance to provide arrangements through which staff, workers or members of the public can raise concerns.

Please find the T:BUC Housing for All brand guidance and templates below;

The Motorsport Taskforce was established by the Minister for Communities, Paul Givan MLA, in January 2017 with the appointment of Ian Paisley, MP as the Chair.

The rights and status of EEA nationals and their family members living in the UK before the UK leaves the EU will remain the same as now. This means they will continue to be eligible to access social housing and homelessness assistance on the same terms as now.

HB Memos contain further guidance on the interpretation of legislation to Housing Benefit and should be read in conjunction with the Housing Benefit Decision Makers Guide.

An application form for organisation’s who seek to invest in the Northern Ireland Central Investment Fund for Charities

These reports are produced by the Historic Monuments Council (HMC) and detail the work undertaken during the relevant term.

Make the Call Wraparound Service (MtC) reports annually on the financial outcomes as a direct result of people using their service.  However MtC also gives advice on other services and supports even though they are not as easy to quantify.

A statement of our role and service commitments in relation to development planning, development management and planning enforcement.

Local government circular LG 20/19 - Addendum to Local Government Performance Improvement guidance

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of amending existing legislation to implement provisions of Directive (EU) 2017/828, on the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement by institutions for occupational retirement provision (known as “SRD II&rd

The outturn results for the 2017/18 Public Library Standards which form part of the Department's Delivering Tomorrow’s Libraries policy.

Local government circular LG 19/19 - Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) to District Councils - Flooding 5 June - 5 July 2019

This Inter-Departmental Homelessness Action Plan which was first published in November 2017 has been developed to complement the Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s new Homelessness Strategy.

An information guide for the Second Survey of historic buildings in Northern Ireland.

This document replaces and supersedes Annex B and Annex C of Planning Policy Statement 6 (PPS6) ‘Planning, Archaeology and the Built Heritage’,  published in March 1999.