The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. At the end of Q3 2019, nearly 67,000 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 50,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 29,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme.
The following table sets out the active HAP tenancies in Q2 and Q3 by local authority:
Local Authority
|
Active HAP Tenancies End Q2 2019
|
Active Hap Tenancies Q3 2019
|
Carlow County Council
|
743
|
746
|
Cavan County Council
|
322
|
337
|
Clare County Council
|
1,344
|
1,362
|
Cork City Council
|
2,546
|
2,658
|
Cork County Council
|
3,228
|
3,383
|
Donegal County Council
|
1,734
|
1,773
|
Dublin City Council
|
2,904
|
3,172
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
|
468
|
512
|
Fingal County Council
|
1,581
|
1,702
|
Galway City Council
|
1,544
|
1,629
|
Galway County Council
|
1,093
|
1,163
|
Kerry County Council
|
1,076
|
1,148
|
Kildare County Council
|
2,109
|
2,118
|
Kilkenny County Council
|
883
|
871
|
Laois County Council
|
788
|
849
|
Leitrim County Council
|
237
|
250
|
Limerick City and County Council
|
2,264
|
2,289
|
Longford County Council
|
306
|
325
|
Louth County Council
|
2,890
|
2,980
|
Mayo County Council
|
1,201
|
1,247
|
Meath County Council
|
1,915
|
2,020
|
Monaghan County Council
|
579
|
572
|
Offaly County Council
|
855
|
865
|
Roscommon County Council
|
391
|
402
|
Sligo County Council
|
712
|
736
|
South Dublin County Council
|
2,701
|
2,702
|
Tipperary County Council
|
1,792
|
1,806
|
Waterford City and County Council
|
1,863
|
1,906
|
Westmeath County Council
|
780
|
852
|
Wexford County Council
|
1,222
|
1,296
|
Wicklow County Council
|
1,197
|
1,349
|
Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE)
|
4,993
|
5,361
|
Total
|
48,261
|
50,381
|
My Department continues to keep the operation of the HAP scheme under review, which I consider to be a key vehicle for meeting housing need and fulfilling the ambitious programme outlined under Rebuilding Ireland.