Figures are from December, 2015 to the same month in 2018.
There was an increase of 5,900% in the number of people, couples and families in Kildare in receipt of HAP in a 3 year period.
The Dept. of Housing released the data to Áontú TD, Peadair Tóibín.
In December 2015, there were 32 Housing Assistance Payment recipients in Kildare.
Under HAP, private landlords rent out their homes to tenants, and the local authority pays rent on the tenants' behalf.
The tenant then pays a contribution to the council.
There was a surge in HAP tenancies in the county in 2016, to 785.
That increased to 1,436 the year after, and to 1,892 by the end of 2018.
|
Local Authority |
Active HAP Tenancies @ Q4 2015 |
Active HAP Tenancies @ Q4 2016 |
Active HAP Tenancies @ Q4 2017 |
Active HAP Tenancies @ Q4 2018 |
|
Carlow County Council |
106 |
435 |
581 |
706 |
|
Cavan County Council |
|
|
131 |
275 |
|
Clare County Council |
236 |
955 |
1,193 |
1,335 |
|
Cork City Council |
111 |
984 |
1,625 |
2,063 |
|
Cork County Council |
900 |
1,774 |
2,647 |
3,339 |
|
Donegal County Council |
492 |
1,317 |
1,627 |
1,729 |
|
Dublin City Council |
56 |
831 |
3,429 |
6,331 |
|
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council |
|
|
165 |
388 |
|
Fingal County Council |
|
|
488 |
1,286 |
|
Galway City Council |
|
332 |
919 |
1,351 |
|
Galway County Council |
7 |
379 |
728 |
981 |
|
Kerry County Council |
|
7 |
427 |
898 |
|
Kildare County Council |
32 |
786 |
1,436 |
1,892 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
498 |
717 |
836 |
869 |
|
Laois County Council |
|
|
316 |
657 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
|
3 |
95 |
208 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
1,056 |
1,526 |
1,948 |
2,175 |
|
Longford County Council |
|
1 |
128 |
291 |
|
Louth County Council |
641 |
1,232 |
1,969 |
2,643 |
|
Mayo County Council |
18 |
402 |
817 |
1,120 |
|
Meath County Council |
14 |
485 |
1,220 |
1,740 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
176 |
305 |
437 |
530 |
|
Offaly County Council |
95 |
302 |
684 |
845 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
|
|
171 |
354 |
|
Sligo County Council |
9 |
203 |
467 |
648 |
|
Sth Dublin County Council |
563 |
1,468 |
2,180 |
2,605 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
188 |
1,018 |
1,633 |
1,767 |
|
Waterford City & County Council |
655 |
1,027 |
1,605 |
1,833 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
|
|
366 |
656 |
|
Wexford County Council |
|
1 |
536 |
1,020 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
|
3 |
424 |
908 |
|
Total |
5,853 |
16,493 |
31,228 |
43,443 |
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