The Housing Selection Scheme Consultation Paper - Northern ...

Equality
Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 requires the Housing Executive in
carrying out its functions to have due regard to the need to promote equality of
opportunity:
• between persons of different religious belief, political opinion, racial group,
age, marital status or sexual orientation;
• between men and women generally;
• between persons with a disability and persons without; and
• between persons with dependants and persons without.
Without prejudice to the obligations set out above, the Housing Executive is also
required, in carrying out its functions relating to Northern Ireland, to have regard
to the desirability of promoting good relations between persons of different
religious belief, political opinion or racial group.
The Department for Social Development carried out a full Equality Impact
Assessment of the Welfare Reform Bill in April 2012.
http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/wefare-reform-bill-completed-eqia-april-2012.doc
The Housing Executive will undertake an equality screening of the proposals
contained in this paper. The purpose of the screening is to assess different
impact of the proposals on the Section 75 groups outlined above. This screening
will help inform the development of these proposals. However if the screening
identifies adverse (or major) impacts, consideration will be given to a full equality
impact assessment.
Consultation Question 12
Do you have any information to help inform the screening process? Are there any
particular equality issues that you feel should be taken into account in the
screening (or equality impact assessment)?
Proposals for Changes to the Housing Selection Scheme 17