– They mean 41 properties are available *where the rent would be fully covered by HAP* without the tenant having to pay anything extra to the landlord. HAP tenants are allowed to “top up” their rent directly to the landlord if the property’s rent is more than HAP will pay, so it is possible to rent a more expensive property and still receive HAP support; it’s just a larger financial burden on the tenant.
– It doesn’t address how many of those landlords would actually rent to someone on HAP (it’s not legal to refuse HAP tenants, but in the current market it’s very easy for landlords to do so without getting into trouble because they’ll have so many potential tenants to choose from, especially with a property that’s in a price range that would be covered by HAP), or how many would meet the tax compliance requirements, or would be willing to submit the necessary paperwork, or would be willing to bring the property up to the necessary standards if it fails an inspection.
Cost of housing these 11500 people permanently would be less than yearly HAP budget 🤯. Ireland needs to be celebrated internationally on how to legally misappropriate public funds by creating crisis out of nothing
Seems to be that there’s an eviction ban at the moment…..maybe that’s also effecting the amount of properties available??
A housing crisis cannot be solved overnight, but a banking crisis certainly can!
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That’s a little misleading in both directions.
– They mean 41 properties are available *where the rent would be fully covered by HAP* without the tenant having to pay anything extra to the landlord. HAP tenants are allowed to “top up” their rent directly to the landlord if the property’s rent is more than HAP will pay, so it is possible to rent a more expensive property and still receive HAP support; it’s just a larger financial burden on the tenant.
– It doesn’t address how many of those landlords would actually rent to someone on HAP (it’s not legal to refuse HAP tenants, but in the current market it’s very easy for landlords to do so without getting into trouble because they’ll have so many potential tenants to choose from, especially with a property that’s in a price range that would be covered by HAP), or how many would meet the tax compliance requirements, or would be willing to submit the necessary paperwork, or would be willing to bring the property up to the necessary standards if it fails an inspection.
Cost of housing these 11500 people permanently would be less than yearly HAP budget 🤯. Ireland needs to be celebrated internationally on how to legally misappropriate public funds by creating crisis out of nothing
Seems to be that there’s an eviction ban at the moment…..maybe that’s also effecting the amount of properties available??
A housing crisis cannot be solved overnight, but a banking crisis certainly can!