evidence: Housing poverty in Northern Ireland - +100 homes built - 21 renovated homes - +30,000 volunteers mobilised for local & international work [...] Housing affordability, empty homes, social exclusion and the legacy of conflict are key issues facing deprived communities and vulnerable people in Northern Ireland. Almost 40,000 people are on the social housing waiting list and more than 92% of social housing remains single identity. In poverty, division is absolute.