Politics HAP renters to face anti-fraud checks and ‘robust controls’Housing Assistance Payment oversight group says increases in tenant income are not routinely tracked and collated
Housing Changes to make HAP rent scheme fairer are halted due to cost of living crisisDarragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, has confirmed to other TDs that he has postponed the new national rent scheme indefinitely
Ires Reit made €8.7 million from state rent subsidies in 2021Two-thirds of Ireland’s largest landlord’s growth in income came from Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) last year
Sinn Féin bill seeks to exclude Hap from income calculations for civil legal aidSenator Lynn Boylan says classing the housing support as income means many low-income applicants are denied free legal assistance
More than 80,000 households are in state-supported private rented accommodationHap scheme payments to landlords totalled €436 million last year and are predicted to exceed €1 billion by the end of 2021
