“A Dublin City Council spokesperson says that is not how the HAP scheme works and that they don’t reassess incomes and remove families from the list.”
Something screwy going on here.
>Part of the problem is that the social housing income limits haven’t been raised in years, says Social Democrats Councillor Mary Callaghan.
>They were last set in 2011, says a recent Department of Housing [review of the income eligibility limits], and since then average rents in Dublin have gone up 89 percent.
Whatever about this story in particular, the fact the income limit hasn’t been raised in 11 years is shocking no?
Wait until somebody tells him he is unlikely to ever get a council house because he is in receipt of HAP and considered housed already.
This man makes 26k a year. His wife doesn’t work and they had 4 kids? Is anyone else bothered by this? That he expects families who work harder and earn more to pay for his bad choices?
This is a well known concept in welfare states, it’s known as the welfare cliff. You cannot simultaneously support the concept of a functioning welfare state and also be disgusted by this man’s predicament. If we’re going to have a welfare state then this problem is going to happen a lot.
People on HAP are eligible for social housing, they go on a transfer list and wait like everybody else, so he is correct in stating that if his daughter works and their household income is above the threshold, the family would not be offered social housing and would have to wait longer.
The issue here is that the welfare state doesn’t support everyone. There is a line in Irish society where we go from a generous socialist state, to a vicious capitalist one. That line is drawn based on income.
This man simply doesn’t want to cross the line, and as long as we continue to be a welfare state then he has every right to toe the line and play the game.
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“A Dublin City Council spokesperson says that is not how the HAP scheme works and that they don’t reassess incomes and remove families from the list.”
Something screwy going on here.
>Part of the problem is that the social housing income limits haven’t been raised in years, says Social Democrats Councillor Mary Callaghan.
>They were last set in 2011, says a recent Department of Housing [review of the income eligibility limits], and since then average rents in Dublin have gone up 89 percent.
Whatever about this story in particular, the fact the income limit hasn’t been raised in 11 years is shocking no?
Wait until somebody tells him he is unlikely to ever get a council house because he is in receipt of HAP and considered housed already.
This man makes 26k a year. His wife doesn’t work and they had 4 kids? Is anyone else bothered by this? That he expects families who work harder and earn more to pay for his bad choices?
This is a well known concept in welfare states, it’s known as the welfare cliff. You cannot simultaneously support the concept of a functioning welfare state and also be disgusted by this man’s predicament. If we’re going to have a welfare state then this problem is going to happen a lot.
People on HAP are eligible for social housing, they go on a transfer list and wait like everybody else, so he is correct in stating that if his daughter works and their household income is above the threshold, the family would not be offered social housing and would have to wait longer.
The issue here is that the welfare state doesn’t support everyone. There is a line in Irish society where we go from a generous socialist state, to a vicious capitalist one. That line is drawn based on income.
This man simply doesn’t want to cross the line, and as long as we continue to be a welfare state then he has every right to toe the line and play the game.