Stormont parties have disputed issues over flags in Northern Ireland for years without finding consensus
The banning of flags from new-build housing developments through a legal clause inserted into homeowner contracts has received a mixed reaction from politicians.
Alliance South Belfast MLA Paula Bradshaw said her party was focused on addressing concerns over flags on public property instead of private land. TUV's Lorna Smyth, an Assembly election candidate for the party in May in the Lagan Valley constituency, expressed her disapproval over the flags covenant.UUP East Belfast councillor Jim Rodgers questioned how the clause would be enforced by property management companies when builders finish a new housing development."The big problem is, and people have complained to me about flags and wanting to take action, but people are risking life and limb to go up ladders and take down flags.
He said: "People put flags up then they don't take them down, they end up in tatters and it's just unsightly. It brings down an area and puts people off moving into it whenever they see things like that happen."
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