THE Housing Executive owns more than 500 acres of unused or underdeveloped land across the north. A total of 71 acres of land owned by the body has been "declared surplus for disposal". A further 479 acres of undeveloped land is also owned by the housing organisation. The figures were revealed in answer to an assembly question to Social Development minister Mervyn Storey to "outline the current area in hectares of both surplus and undeveloped land owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive". He said there was a "total of 223 hectares (551 acres) of undeveloped land on their undevelop[...]