Housing25% of all households in the Armagh and Dungannon area are rented from a public authority. This compares to a N.I. average of 29%. 9.8% of dwellings in the Armagh area are deemed unfit with 10.4% unfit in the Dungannon Area. The concentration of unfit dwellings located in small settlements or isolated rural areas remains significantly higher in both Armagh and Dungannon at 80% and 76% respectively, compared to the N.I. average of 52%. 26.8% of Persons of Pensionable age in Armagh and Dungannon areas live alone. There has been a marked increase in the annual number presenting as homeless from 338 in 1993 to 569 in 1998, a percentage increase of 69% across the Armagh and Dungannon areas.
Annual Number Presenting as Homeless 50% of those on housing waiting lists in the Dungannon area are young, single people with 42% in the Armagh area. |