Catholic Church and Housing Executive ‘should be ashamed’ over Belfast site sell-off

Housing campaigners have said the Catholic Church and Housing Executive should be ‘ashamed of themselves’ after the way was cleared to sell off land earmarked for social housing.The former St Kevin’s Parochial Hall site has been on the market since last year.Housing campaigners have previously called for the site, located on the junction of North Queen Street and Federick Street, to be made available for social housing amid claims the Catholic Church has put a £2m price tag on the property.North Belfast currently suffers from a chronic social housing shortage.Catholic Church presses ahead with plans to sell land it doesn’t own outrightOpens in new windowCatholic Church could pocket millions from sale of prime development site it doesn’t ownOpens in new windowFrank Dempsey of Carrick Hill R