Sinn Fein has complained to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) over its failure to tackle the "chronic" housing shortages.

MLA Carál Ní Chuilín also met with the Department for Communities and called on them to intervene to tackle chronic housing shortages and inequalities.

She accused the NIHE of continuing to fail families as it is not expressing any interest in sites throughout NI that could be used to develop new social homes.

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She said: "Housing Executive statistics from 2016 demonstrate that 938 homes are needed for families from the Catholic/Nationalist community from a figure of 1,700.

"The Housing Executive has not provided any suggestions on how this gap is going to be closed. They have done nothing to address the criticisms and concerns raised by the United Nations, the Equality Commission, the Human Rights Commission and the Commissioner for Children and Young People."

(CD/MH)