There's Been A Drop In The Number Of HAP Tenancies In Kildare.

Friday, 25 June 2021 at 07:00

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

New data released by the Dept. of Housing.

There's been a reduction in the number of Kildare households accommodated through HAP.

At the end of 2020, 2,398 people and families in Kildare were being housed under the Housing Assistance Payment scheme.

Data up to the end of March from the Dept. of Housing shows that has fallen, marginally, to 2,375 households.

Under HAP, councils make rent payments directly to private landlords on the tenants' behalf.

The tenant then makes a contribution to the local authority.

The table below shows the active HAP tenancies at Q1 2021 by local authority.

Local Authority	Total Active HAP Tenancies
Carlow County Council	734
Cavan County Council	448
Clare County Council	1,422
Cork City Council	3,187
Cork County Council	3,740
Donegal County Council	1,855
Dublin City Council	5,120
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	797
Fingal County Council	2,188
Galway City Council	1,989
Galway County Council	1,477
Kerry County Council	1,681
Kildare County Council	2,375
Kilkenny County Council	852
Laois County Council	986
Leitrim County Council	305
Limerick City & County Council	2,488
Longford County Council	379
Louth County Council	3,301
Mayo County Council	1,374
Meath County Council	2,287
Monaghan County Council	615
Offaly County Council	867
Roscommon County Council	468
Sligo County Council	843
South Dublin County Council	2,977
Tipperary County Council	1,878
Waterford City & County Council	2,172
Westmeath County Council	1,022
Wexford County Council	1,633
Wicklow County Council	1,686
Subtotal	53,146

Dublin Regional Homeless Executive*	8,166
Grand Total	61,312

*The DRHE is operating the HAP Homeless Place Finder Service on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities.

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