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# hap

This year
2023
# Housing Assistance Payment
There were just 41 properties available to rent for people accessing HAP last month
HAP is a form of rental benefit payment to assist lower-income households.
9.0k
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Jan 13th 2023, 6:30 AM
Last year
2022
# banking review
Bankers 'rewarded' with bonuses and a pay boost despite tracker mortgage scandal, says McDonald
AIB and Permanent TSB will follow suit as the State sells off more of its stake in those banks.
32.8k
59
Nov 29th 2022, 2:45 PM
# Housing
Income thresholds for social housing to be increased by €5,000
Income limits for most counties have not increased in a decade, the Taoiseach said today.
31.8k
21
Nov 19th 2022, 12:16 PM
# locked out
Record low number of HAP properties available to rent
The report, which examines 16 areas of the country, found that there were only 35 HAP properties available.
17.9k
53
Oct 17th 2022, 9:10 AM
# Housing
HAP discretion rate changes for the first time in 6 years, increasing to 35%
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien says he will be expanding the couple’s rate to single people.
23.3k
32
Jun 3rd 2022, 1:43 PM
# Housing
Report on increasing HAP rates released soon as pressure mounts on government over homelessness
The number of people who were homeless nationwide in the last week of April was 10,049.
18.1k
6
May 29th 2022, 7:00 AM
# hap
Concerns around HAP payment levels set to be raised at housing committee today
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing will receive an update on its interim homelessness report today.
12.5k
10
Feb 8th 2022, 1:58 PM
# Housing
90 per cent of rental properties unavailable to HAP recipients
Just five properties were available within standard HAP limits for a couple or one parent and one child.
30.3k
45
Jan 30th 2022, 4:02 PM
All time
# hap
Report finds 79% drop in number of affordable rental properties available in just three months
The Simon Communities of Ireland is warning that the lack of availability will cause homeless rates to increase.
11.1k
41
Nov 18th 2021, 6:30 AM
# Housing Crisis
Drop in number of households needing social housing but almost 62,000 still on list
Last year the State delivered just over 5,000 new build social homes.
14.4k
25
Mar 9th 2021, 5:35 PM
# Threshold
HAP tenants struggling to buy food after paying rent top-ups to landlords, committee hears
There are currently 100,000 tenancies subsidised by the State, which is a third of all tenancies in the rental market.
34.3k
82
Dec 15th 2020, 8:11 PM
# Simon Communities
'Chronic lack of supply' of affordable homes outside Dublin, warns homelessness charity
The latest report from the Simon Communities reveals the lack of affordable housing across the country.
30.9k
50
Nov 1st 2020, 6:13 PM
# Simon Community
Spike in rental properties available - but many remain 'unaffordable', warns homeless charity
The report, published by Simon Communities, indicates that the new properties will do little to alleviate the housing crisis.
26.8k
50
Mar 27th 2020, 4:16 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Will the government spend more on HAP than on new social housing this year?
Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman Eoin O Broin made the claim on television this week – but is he right?
25.8k
42
Feb 14th 2020, 6:00 AM
# factcheck
FactCheck: The claims from the final party leaders' debate of this year's election campaign
We looked at more of the claims made during last night’s last leaders debate.
13.7k
34
Jan 31st 2020, 7:35 PM
# locked out
Just 5.5% of rental housing is within standard HAP limits, according to new report
There is a notable shortage of one-bedroom housing for single people and couples, the Simon Communities said.
19.0k
42
Jan 13th 2020, 9:18 AM
# Annual Report
Housing benefit recipients face 'systemic discrimination', Irish human rights body says
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission launched it’s 2018 annual report today.
12.5k
39
Jun 24th 2019, 11:34 AM
# Explainer
Here's why tenants can take discrimination cases against landlords at the Workplace Relations Commission
The WRC provides advice on workplace issues to employers and to employees.
35.4k
40
Apr 22nd 2019, 10:00 PM
# Housing
Just 8% of rental properties are available in Ireland within rent support limits
That’s according to a study conducted by the Simon Communities of Ireland.
13.7k
31
Mar 4th 2019, 2:25 PM
# Housing
Just over 4,000 new social houses built last year as target missed
House acquisitions by local authorities has also risen.
19.3k
36
Feb 14th 2019, 6:05 AM
# nowhere to go
'I don't want to spend Christmas in a hotel': Family facing homelessness over inability to find new home
‘Elaine’ told RTÉ that she has refused to leave her home despite being ordered to by 7 September.
24.5k
157
Dec 2nd 2018, 1:54 PM
# crisis
Reliance on government support by renters likely to increase after Brexit
The amount of money the State pays in Hap will also increase if Brexit results in further rent hikes in the capital.
11.0k
38
Nov 13th 2018, 10:15 AM
# Housing Assistance Payment
Tenant who took landlord to Workplace Relations Commission over refusal to accept HAP awarded €7k
The complainant, a long-term tenant of the landlord, brought the case after claiming she has been discriminated against by him over his refusal to accept the scheme.
23.6k
0
Nov 9th 2018, 6:00 AM
# incentivise
Local authorities offering letting agents €500 fee to house tenants under Hap scheme
It has been well documented that Hap recipients can find it difficult to source accommodation.
23.7k
76
Nov 1st 2018, 1:55 PM
# WRC
Landlord who refused rent allowance payment from family ordered to pay €14,000
The landlord has 42 days in which to make the €14,000 payment to the couple.
60.9k
0
Sep 18th 2018, 5:41 PM
# Housing Crisis
'It's embarrassing to sleep rough': Son of Father Michael Cleary reveals he is homeless
Ross Hamilton lost his home after a back injury meant he couldn’t work and his landlord refused to accept a HAP payment.
117k
94
Aug 22nd 2018, 5:32 PM
Voices
HAP: Landlords are just turning around and saying, 'Someone else is after coming in with cash'
“It gets so much that I actually just stopped for two, three weeks because I couldn’t bear to keep going, getting refused, getting refused, getting refused,” says Daniel who has been looking for accommodation with HAP for eight months.
66.6k
135
Aug 16th 2018, 9:30 PM
# Housing
Just 8% of rental properties are available within rent support limits
That’s according to a study conducted by the Simon Communities.
14.0k
41
Aug 16th 2018, 8:03 AM
# DCC
€28 million was paid in rent to landlords last month under the Housing Assistance Payment
Hap and Homeless Hap are a form of rental benefit payment to assist lower income households.
19.5k
58
Jul 7th 2018, 10:30 AM
# hap
Just 7% of rental properties are available within rent support limits
Simon Communities has published a new report looking at the issue.
12.9k
136
Mar 13th 2018, 8:36 AM
# private rental sector
'A chronic over-reliance': 76% of social housing came from the private rental sector last year
Opposition politicians, housing experts and NGO officials have all criticised an overreliance on the private sector.
9.0k
71
Jan 16th 2018, 6:15 AM
# What HAP-Penned
98% of HAP properties in Dublin failed to meet rental standards
Of these 117 failed properties, compliance was only achieved in eight.
13.6k
52
Dec 22nd 2017, 6:45 AM
# rental supplements
Flat search: Not one property available to rent for a person on rent supplement
A Simon Communities study has found that the number of rental properties on the market has dropped significantly.
21.0k
94
Dec 11th 2017, 11:36 AM
Voices
The reality of house hunting on HAP: 'Please don’t call back if I don’t email you the address'
A HAP applicant stands no chance against a well paid individual seeking the same property, writes Chris O’Donnell.
39.7k
46
Nov 1st 2017, 7:00 AM
# all the facts
FactFind: What is the state of social house building in Ireland?
We break down the argument over waiting list figures – and what the government says it will do to clear them (or not).
15.0k
55
Sep 13th 2017, 10:00 PM
# Renting
Landlords are evicting tenants and doing up their properties as a 'back door' around rent limits
Housing charity Threshold launched its pre-Budget submission today.
50.8k
112
Aug 24th 2017, 1:31 PM
# housing assistance
Tenants awarded 'substantial compensation' for discrimination by landlord
They were awarded compensation ranging from €13,300 to €15,000.
61.0k
74
Aug 21st 2017, 7:45 AM
# homelessness crisis
Locked out: Most people on housing benefits still can't afford to rent
The Simon Community study found that some 630 properties available to rent are beyond the reach of those on HAP.
15.1k
105
Aug 16th 2017, 9:07 AM
# rebuilding ireland
Government's 'over-reliance' on private rental sector could cost €23.8 billion over 30 years
A new report argues that investment should be made into local authority housing as opposed to privately owned homes.
8.4k
29
Jul 12th 2017, 4:57 PM
# housing trouble
'I'm at the end of my rope': Mother with severely disabled child desperately trying to find somewhere to live
Tracy McGinnis has said it is impossible to find a place to live with the Housing Assistance Payment.
39.2k
49
Jul 2nd 2017, 6:30 AM
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