"She currently receives a €990 HAP payment which hasn't increased since 2017 despite her landlord raising the rent every year - she already works outdoors over 40 hours a week, and has found it financially hard to cope."
"This council calls on the Minister for Housing to allow local authorities the discretion to agree to increase HAP payments for tenants to stay in their existing (pre-2022) accommodation, rather than face eviction from their rental property."
"But instead, this young girl was advised to leave the apartment she is in and be homeless again so she could be paid the higher rate of homeless HAP."
A young tenant who has rented the same property since 2017 received a notice to quit because of rent arrears. She receives a €990 HAP payment that has not increased since 2017 while her landlord raised rent annually, leaving her unable to cope financially despite working over 40 hours per week. In 2022 local authorities were allowed to increase HAP payments up to 35 percent, with additional 50 percent discretion in the Dublin region for those at immediate risk of homelessness. A council motion requests ministerial discretion to increase HAP for pre‑2022 tenancies to prevent eviction. A housing body reportedly advised the tenant to become homeless to qualify for a higher HAP rate.
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