Figures released by the Department of Housing.
There are now 2,398 people and families in Kildare being housed under the Housing Assistance Payment scheme.
That is higher than in all surrounding counties, excepting Dublin.
Under HAP, tenants are accommodated by private landlords, rent is paid by the local authority and the tenant pays a contribution to the council.
Whilst just 477 HAP recipients in Kildare have transferred to other forms of social housing since 2016.
The bulk of those transfers, at 269, took place last year.
The table below shows the number of households at the end of 2020, broken down by local authority, who are in receipt of HAP support.
| Local Authority | Total Active HAP Tenancies |
|---|---|
| Carlow County Council | 743 |
| Cavan County Council | 429 |
| Clare County Council | 1,423 |
| Cork City Council | 3,133 |
| Cork County Council | 3,722 |
| Donegal County Council | 1,833 |
| Dublin City Council | 4,863 |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council | 735 |
| Fingal County Council | 2,089 |
| Galway City Council | 1,951 |
| Galway County Council | 1,428 |
| Kerry County Council | 1,623 |
| Kildare County Council | 2,398 |
| Kilkenny County Council | 854 |
| Laois County Council | 982 |
| Leitrim County Council | 293 |
| Limerick City & County Council | 2,442 |
| Longford County Council | 379 |
| Louth County Council | 3,280 |
| Mayo County Council | 1,356 |
| Meath County Council | 2,275 |
| Monaghan County Council | 628 |
| Offaly County Council | 877 |
| Roscommon County Council | 468 |
| Sligo County Council | 831 |
| South Dublin County Council | 2,936 |
| Tipperary County Council | 1,868 |
| Waterford City & County Council | 2,127 |
| Westmeath County Council | 1,014 |
| Wexford County Council | 1,613 |
| Wicklow County Council | 1,668 |
| Subtotal | 52,261 |
| Dublin Regional Homeless Executive* | 7,560 |
| Grand Total | 59,821 |
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