Mark Durkan of the SDLP presented his party's amendment, which called on the social development minister torestore the previous programme for at least 200 houses to be allocated according to need.
Before April's election Deputy Le Lievre served on the Social Security Department and said he wanted torestore the previous regime of increasing pensions by RPIX - a measure of inflation equivalent to the all-items Retail Price Index, but excluding mortgage interest payments - plus 1% each year.