Robert Troy
Ceist:601. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to make changes to the HAP system (details supplied). [10820/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 5 March 2019
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Freagraí scríofa
In terms of the administration of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme, Limerick City and County Council provide a highly effective transactional shared service on behalf of all local authorities. This HAP Shared Services Centre (SSC) manages all HAP related rental transactions for the tenant, local authority and landlord. Once a HAP application has been received and confirmed as valid by the relevant local authority, it is then processed by the HAP SSC. On average, HAP applications are processed by the SSC within 2 working days of receipt. Any rental payment arising for a given month will then be made to a landlord on the last Wednesday of that month.
At the end of Quarter 4 2018, there were over 43,400 households having their housing needs met via HAP and over 25,000 landlords and agents in receipt of monthly HAP payments.