In Newtownards 276 of Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) tenants are benefitting from new, modern, high quality kitchens.

The improvement works are being completed as part of our substantial investment on improvements to its homes. Nearly 21,000 households are benefitting from more than £53 million of improvements this year across Northern Ireland.

Commenting on the progress Chariman Donald Hoodless said:"Since my appointment to the Board of the Housing Executive I have had the opportunity to see some of the schemes being carried out to improve our housing stock. This is a significant level of investment which underlines our ongoing commitment to providing comfortable, well maintained homes for our tenants.

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"We will continue to prioritise and invest in our stock to ensure all our tenants live in homes which meet modern day living standards as well as contributing to the local economy with local contractors. Over the coming weeks we will be investing a further £20 million in schemes to improve homes."

As a responsible landlord and as the Home Energy Conservation Authority for Northern Ireland, NIHE aims to make its homes as comfortable and as energy efficient as possible and in Newtownards NIHE has started heating replacement schemes to over 168 homes. This is a major boost for its tenants where their old, inefficient systems are replaced with more efficient gas or oil systems.

(CD/GK)