The SDLP has announced it is to seek a "radical" new build and retrofit programme for people who are struggling to find decent accommodation.

Upper Bann Westminster candidate Dolores Kelly MLA has said the SDLP has a history of delivering where others have failed.

Mrs Kelly said: "That’s why we’re calling again for a radical programme of new builds and retro fitting for old properties. I hear from people on the housing waiting list every single day who are struggling to put a roof over their children’s heads. Every case is heartbreaking and makes me more determined to right the wrongs that have been committed by those in power.

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"That's how we halved the number of homes that failed to meet the ‘decent home standard’ from 2007-2011. That's why we'll take action to help the almost 40,000 people on the waiting list and 22,000 in housing stress."

(CD/MH)