Ms Deirdre Mason:

Yes, both HAP and RAS tenants can go on the transfer list. They come off the main social housing waiting list, because their housing need is considered met. However, they are on a transfer list. The local authority will follow an allocation scheme to take people off both the main waiting list and the transfer list. We have seen more than 9,000 tenancies move from HAP to other forms of social housing, since HAP started back in 2014. The moves are definitely happening. The RAS tenancies are moving as well. Approximately 53% of household exits last year were to other forms of social housing. The vast majority of the other forms of social housing are to local authority-owned and approved housing body-owned units, that are either built or bought. There might be a tiny percentage of movement between RAS and HAP, but that is not a normal move. Generally, they are moving into a unit that is owned by the local authority or the approved housing body. It is down to the local authority and its allocation scheme in terms of taking people from different waiting lists.