Publications

Employers may be asked to make deductions from an employee’s pay towards benefit overpayments and Social Fund loans that the employee owes the Department for Communities (DfC). 

This is called a Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA).

The administrative systems currently utilised by the Department in the production of official and National statistics.

Department for Communities Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019.

Annual Reports for the 13 of the 15 Neighbourhood Renewal Areas in Belfast documenting the progress made against Neighbourhood Renewal objectives in 2017/18. The remaining 2 reports will follow.

Each year the Department for Communities (DfC) supports hundreds of projects through funding and grants.

Local government circular LG 21/19 - Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) to District Councils - Flooding 20 July - 20 August 2019

This corporate identity guide offers guidance on how to use the Department for Communities identity through colours, logos and formatting.

Conditions of Entitlement | Assessment for PIP | Hospitals, Similar Institutions & Care Homes | Payability Exceptions | Transitional Provisions | Good Reason

Principles of Decision Making and Evidence | Claims | Revision | Supersession, Suspension and Termination | Appeals | Staying

The delivery of shared housing is now an action in the Draft Programme for Government 2016 - 2021, and the Department for Communities is committed to delivering approx. 200 shared social housing units per year as part of the Social Housing Development Programme.

This guidance is for all healthcare professionals who complete medical (factual) reports for the Department for Communities (DfC) or their Assessment Providers.  It gives advice on how patients can be supported through the sharing of information.

Equalising pensions for the effect of unequal Guaranteed Minimum Pensions.

Guidance to assist occupational pension schemes on the use of the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMP) conversion legislation.

Terms and Conditions for the payment of Civil Contingencies Grant 2019/20 (Q1 2019/20)

The Department has prepared this Fraud Response Plan to act as a procedural guide and provide a checklist of the required actions, which must be followed, in the event of a suspicion of fraud, either actual or attempted.

This Policy Statement details the responsibilities regarding the prevention of fraud, bribery or serious irregularity within the Department and non-departmental Public Bodies.

The Department has prepared guidance to provide arrangements through which staff, workers or members of the public can raise concerns.

Please find the T:BUC Housing for All brand guidance and templates below;