Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 June 2018
537. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 on rent supplement payments to landlords being paid rent through one or other of the schemes for categories of units (details supplied). [27433/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraRent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme supporting approximately 30,000 recipients for which the Government has provided €180 million for in 2018.
Under the legislative provisions governing rent supplement, the Department’s relationship is with the tenant. The tenant’s engagement with the Department usually takes place after the tenant has reached an agreement with the landlord.
Landlord statistics for 2016 and 2017 are provided in the attached tabular statement. Also provided is a snapshot of the current landlord mix per the categories requested for week ending 18 June 2018.
The analysis shows that approximately 93% of all annual outturn is made to landlords with less than ten units. A significant majority of these landlords have only one property rented via the scheme, i.e., for 18th June 2018, of the 21,292 landlords noted for that week, 18,196 (85%) are renting only one property via rent supplement. Landlords renting two properties, 1,887 (9%) and those with renting three properties, 559 (3%) represent the other two main category groups of landlords. The remaining 650 landlords, those renting more than three properties, will account for approximately €12.5 million of the forecast outturn for 2018.
Rent Supplement: Outturn by Landlord Category for 2016, 2017 and 18 June 2018 Snapshot
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Category |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
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No. of Houses Rented by Landlord via RS |
No. of Landlords |
Rent Paid to Landlords by DEASP |
% Revenue Share |
No. of Landlords |
Rent Paid to Landlords by DEASP |
% Revenue Share |
No. of Landlords |
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€'000 |
|
|
€'000 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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As at 18/06/2018 |
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Less than or equal to 10 |
46,153 |
254,028 |
92% |
35,443 |
215,112 |
93% |
21,198 |
|
11 to 50 |
285 |
18,312 |
7% |
178 |
13,068 |
6% |
87 |
|
51 to 100 |
10 |
1,478 |
1% |
11 |
1,760 |
1% |
4 |
|
101 to 200 |
5 |
1,476 |
1% |
4 |
1,281 |
1% |
3 |
|
Greater than 200 |
Zero |
0 |
|
Zero |
0 |
|
0 |
|
Grand Total |
46,453 |
275,294 |
100% |
35,636 |
231,221 |
100% |
21,292 |
