The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households throughout the State. At the end of Q4 2021, over 100,000 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 61,900 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 33,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme.
The table below shows the number of active HAP tenancies in each local authority at the end of each year, from 2015 to 2021 (only 485 tenancies were active at end 2014).
Local Authority
|
Active HAP
Tenancies Q4 2015
|
Active HAP
Tenancies Q4 2016
|
Active HAP
Tenancies Q4 2017
|
Active HAP
Tenancies Q4 2018
|
Active HAP
Tenancies Q4 2019
|
Active HAP
Tenancies Q4 2020
|
Active HAP
Tenancies Q4 2021
|
Carlow
|
106
|
435
|
581
|
706
|
730
|
743
|
695
|
Cavan
|
|
|
131
|
275
|
342
|
429
|
463
|
Clare
|
236
|
955
|
1,193
|
1,335
|
1,369
|
1,423
|
1,347
|
Cork City
|
111
|
984
|
1,625
|
2,063
|
2,749
|
3,133
|
3,185
|
Cork County
|
900
|
1,774
|
2,647
|
3,339
|
3,431
|
3,722
|
3,650
|
Donegal
|
492
|
1,317
|
1,627
|
1,729
|
1,805
|
1,833
|
1,792
|
* Dublin City
|
56
|
831
|
3,429
|
6,331
|
9,368
|
12,423
|
14,589
|
DLR
|
|
|
165
|
388
|
562
|
735
|
917
|
Fingal
|
|
|
488
|
1,286
|
1,898
|
2,089
|
2,565
|
Galway City
|
|
332
|
919
|
1,351
|
1,723
|
1,951
|
1,918
|
Galway County
|
7
|
379
|
728
|
981
|
1,229
|
1,428
|
1,491
|
Kerry
|
|
7
|
427
|
898
|
1,236
|
1,623
|
1,708
|
Kildare
|
32
|
786
|
1,436
|
1,892
|
2,195
|
2,398
|
2,320
|
Kilkenny
|
498
|
717
|
836
|
869
|
867
|
854
|
774
|
Laois
|
|
|
316
|
657
|
888
|
982
|
929
|
Leitrim
|
|
3
|
95
|
208
|
254
|
293
|
285
|
Limerick City & County
|
1,056
|
1,526
|
1,948
|
2,175
|
2,308
|
2,442
|
2,425
|
Longford
|
|
1
|
128
|
291
|
330
|
379
|
377
|
Louth
|
641
|
1,232
|
1,969
|
2,643
|
3,046
|
3,280
|
3,271
|
Mayo
|
18
|
402
|
817
|
1,120
|
1,280
|
1,356
|
1,336
|
Meath
|
14
|
485
|
1,220
|
1,740
|
2,089
|
2,275
|
2,210
|
Monaghan
|
176
|
305
|
437
|
530
|
586
|
628
|
566
|
Offaly
|
95
|
302
|
684
|
845
|
883
|
877
|
804
|
Roscommon
|
|
|
171
|
354
|
421
|
468
|
443
|
Sligo
|
9
|
203
|
467
|
648
|
758
|
831
|
834
|
South Dublin
|
563
|
1,468
|
2,180
|
2,605
|
2,726
|
2,936
|
2,957
|
Tipperary
|
188
|
1,018
|
1,633
|
1,767
|
1,778
|
1,868
|
1,843
|
Waterford City & County
|
655
|
1,027
|
1,605
|
1,833
|
1,952
|
2,127
|
2,009
|
Westmeath
|
|
|
366
|
656
|
901
|
1014
|
975
|
Wexford
|
|
1
|
536
|
1,020
|
1,377
|
1,613
|
1,518
|
Wicklow
|
|
3
|
424
|
908
|
1,448
|
1,668
|
1,711
|
Total
|
5,853
|
16,493
|
31,228
|
43,443
|
52,529
|
59,821
|
61,907
|
*DRHE is operating Homeless HAP on behalf of the four Dublin Local Authorities