Barry Cowen
Question:519. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how many of the 5,680 housing assistance payment recipients were transferred from rent supplement. [4118/16]
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Questions (519, 528)
Barry Cowen
Question:528. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of recipients under the housing assistance payment pilot scheme in 2015 to date; of these who were in receipt of rent supplement and the number who were not in receipt of rent supplement. [4239/16]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 519 and 528 together.
The report Social Housing Output in 2015 contains details on the progress made under each of the social housing programmes last year and is available on my Department’s website at:
http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/News/MainBody,44105,en.htm.
At 31 December 2015, a total of 6,165 house holds had been supported by the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) since its commencement in September 2014, 5,680 of which commenced in 2015. 36% (2,044) of these households transferred from Rent Supplement.
At 1 February 2016, 660 additional households have been supported since the start of the year, with 36% (237) of those households transferring from Rent Supplement.