Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 March 2018
300. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, recipients in County Tipperary; the annual value for each year since its inception in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13450/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. There are currently over 34,000 households in receipt of HAP and over 20,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme. HAP was rolled out in Tipperary on 29 June 2015 and the total numbers of active HAP tenancies at end 2017 was 1,633.
A breakdown of the number of households supported by HAP, in each local authority area since HAP was introduced and up to the end of Quarter 3 2017, is available on my Department's website at the following link:http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision.
I intend to publish Quarter 4 2017 data shortly on the website.
The average monthly rent paid to landlords under the HAP scheme in each of the years since the introduction of the scheme and the annualised cost of the average monthly rent paid to landlords under HAP for Tipperary County Council is set out in the following table:
|
Year |
Total HAP tenancies set-up |
Average monthly payment paid to landlords under the HAP scheme at year end |
Annualised cost* of the average monthly payment paid to landlords under the HAP scheme |
|
2015 |
188 |
€437 |
€5,244 |
|
2016 |
929 |
€454 |
€5,448 |
|
2017 |
829 |
€471 |
€5,652 |
*The annualised cost is calculated on the basis that the average cost at year end was paid every month for twelve months.
