‘Unsightly graffiti’ a blight on homes

The Foyle MLA said: “Over recent months I have been lobbying the NIHE to try and come up with a solution around the removal of unsightly graffiti on the gable walls of people’s homes.”

The Derry MLA said the defacement of houses and buildings in the area was a source of great frustration for householders and tenants.

“It’s a nightmare for residents who have invested a lot of money in keeping their homes and gardens in good condition only to wake up in the morning to find someone has painted or spray canned graffiti all over the side of their home,” stated the local politician.

Ms. Mullan said great efforts were being made to spruce up neighbourhoods across the Bogside and Creggan areas.

“The Housing Executive is working very hard with the External Cycle Maintenance scheme (ECM) to improve the facades of homes across the Moor district and I commend them for this,” she stated.

According to the local MLA, those who continue to daub graffiti over homes in the area are undermining the attempts by local residents to keep their streets in good order.

“This graffiti is just a blot over all that good work. It makes homes and entire streets look shabby and unkept when the opposite is the case. I hope in the weeks ahead that the Housing Executive can carry out a programme of graffiti removal across the area,” said the Foyle representative.