.nihecommunity is facing questions about long delays to repairs for tenants in south Belfast - one man told BBC News NI he has black mould in several rooms and kitchen windows that do not open
Mr Higgins lives in Moveen House, which is one of the tower blocks earmarked by the Housing Executive for eventual demolitionBlack mould covers the walls in several rooms of Thomas Higgins's Finaghy flat and his kitchen window did not open for seven months last year.
The figures obtained by the SDLP MP for South Belfast Claire Hanna's office also showed that 21 planned maintenance projects in south and east Belfast were delayed in the previous 12 months.Mr Higgins also told BBC News NI that a recently installed extractor fan does not work, and a noisy water pump took so long to fix that Belfast City Council issued his landlord with a noise abatement notice.
The Housing Executive has been grappling with repair delays for some time, but said the backlog in south and east Belfast had improved since July.