The Housing Department has been formally established and today launches its official website at housing.gov.vin. The Department takes responsibility for 4,120 homes transferred from member organisations, for the Affordable Housing Programme and for services for people without a home.
Housing and services
- Affordable Housing
The Affordable Housing Programme: 1,200 homes by the end of 2028, with 96 already completed and 214 under construction.
- Housing Register
Who may apply for a Department home, how applications are banded and how offers are made.
- Tenancies
The standard tenancy agreement, deposits, rent reviews, notice periods and the registration of private tenancies.
- Housing Standards
The Housing Standard every home let in the Network must meet, the inspection programme and repair response times.
- Homelessness
Help for anyone without a home or at risk of losing one, and the Department's emergency accommodation.
- Frequently asked questions
Who is entitled to a Department home, how rent is set and what to do if a repair is not carried out.
Latest announcements
All news- Housing Department Publishes the Affordable Housing Programme
The Department will deliver 1,200 affordable homes by 31 December 2028. The first phase of 340 homes at the six principal sites is under way: 96 homes were completed during the transition period and 214 are under construction.
- Housing Register Opens and Standard Tenancy Agreement Published
The Housing Register opens today to staff of member organisations and citizens of the Network, with 1,860 households carried over from the waiting lists of member organisations. The Department's standard tenancy agreement applies to every Department home from today.
- Housing Department Confirms Homelessness Service and Emergency Accommodation
Anyone in the Network without a home, or at risk of losing one within 56 days, may apply to the Department for help from today. The Department holds 120 places of emergency accommodation at four sites, of which 38 were occupied at establishment.
About the Department
The Housing Department of the Velocity Interoperability Network is responsible for affordable housing, for the letting and management of homes within the Velocity Interoperability Network, for the standard that every home let in the Network must meet, and for services for people without a home.
It manages 4,120 homes transferred from member organisations, delivers the Affordable Housing Programme, keeps the Housing Register, inspects homes against the Housing Standard and provides emergency accommodation and settled housing for people who are homeless.
Milestones
6 September 2026
Department established
Responsibility for affordable housing, the letting and management of 4,120 homes transferred from member organisations, the Housing Standard and services for people without a home.
6 September 2026
housing.gov.vin launched
Press releases, the Housing Standard, the terms of the standard tenancy agreement and guidance on every service published on the official website.
6 September 2026
Programme, register and homelessness service confirmed
The Affordable Housing Programme published, the Housing Register opened with 1,860 households, the standard tenancy agreement applied to every Department home and the homelessness service confirmed with 120 places of emergency accommodation.
Forthcoming
First lettings and quarterly reporting
The first offers of the 96 completed homes are made from 21 September 2026. The second phase of the programme and the first quarterly statistical report, covering the quarter ending 30 September 2026, will be announced in the Newsroom.