Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 October 2023
323. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the total number of active HAP tenancies in each local authority for the most recent date available. [44965/23]
View answerThe Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households with a long term housing need. At end Q2 2023, over 112,900 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, with 58,234 active tenancies being supported under the HAP Scheme.
Details of the number of active tenancies by local authority area at the end of Q2 2023 are set out in the table below.
|
Local Authority |
Active tenancies at end Q2 2023 |
|
Carlow County Council |
633 |
|
Cavan County Council |
424 |
|
Clare County Council |
1184 |
|
Cork City Council |
2918 |
|
Cork County Council |
3520 |
|
Donegal County Council |
1741 |
|
Dublin City Council |
5562 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
900 |
|
Fingal County Council |
2612 |
|
Galway City Council |
1946 |
|
Galway County Council |
1436 |
|
Kerry County Council |
1657 |
|
Kildare County Council |
1853 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
645 |
|
Laois County Council |
822 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
249 |
|
Limerick City and County Council |
2151 |
|
Longford County Council |
339 |
|
Louth County Council |
3105 |
|
Mayo County Council |
1177 |
|
Meath County Council |
1887 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
510 |
|
Offaly County Council |
666 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
403 |
|
Sligo County Council |
807 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
2712 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
1654 |
|
Waterford City and County Council |
1759 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
961 |
|
Wexford County Council |
1307 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
1582 |
|
Dublin Region Homeless Executive* |
9112 |
|
Total |
58234 |
* DRHE is operating the HAP Homeless on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities
I am committed to decreasing our reliance on the HAP scheme and central to that is significantly scaling up our social housing supply. Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. As new build supply of social and affordable housing ramps up, there will be reducing reliance on the HAP scheme.
