Under 500 Kildare HAP Recipients Have Transferred To Other Forms Of Social Housing.

Thursday, 13 May 2021 14:30

Figures are for the period 2016 to 2020.

Just 477 Housing Assistance Payment recipients in Kildare have transferred to other forms of social housing since 2016.

That's according to data from the Minister for Housing.

The bulk of those transfers, at 269, took place last year.

Local Authority	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carlow County Council	9	27	25	113	80
Cavan County Council	0	1	10	27	20
Clare County Council	17	74	76	75	95
Cork City Council	14	32	20	66	130
Cork County Council	32	73	119	119	252
Donegal County Council	24	75	137	147	130
Dublin City Council	0	4	64	145	131
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	0	0	12	39	23
Fingal County Council	1	2	21	31	117
Galway City Council	0	13	9	13	37
Galway County Council	1	8	15	45	45
Kerry County Council	0	0	13	39	67
Kildare County Council	1	26	67	114	269
Kilkenny County Council	20	26	51	76	103
Laois County Council	0	1	29	18	56
Leitrim County Council	0	1	5	9	21
Limerick City & County Council	35	41	72	57	91
Longford County Council	0	2	3	12	16
Louth County Council	16	47	115	209	275
Mayo County Council	2	14	23	38	65
Meath County Council	3	28	115	185	302
Monaghan County Council	16	32	43	71	88
Offaly County Council	3	6	24	50	58
Roscommon County Council	0	1	12	38	35
Sligo County Council	1	11	29	42	44
South Dublin County Council	0	2	18	100	139
Tipperary County Council	12	42	86	103	116
Waterford City & County Council	33	37	83	217	211
Westmeath County Council	0	0	1	12	41
Wexford County Council	0	0	21	75	77
Wicklow County Council	0	1	4	29	119
Total	240	627	1,322	2,314	3,253

A much small number of Rental Assistance Scheme recipients in the county transferred to other forms of social housing in the three years from 2016 - 233, in all.

Local Authority	2016	2017	2018	2019
Carlow County Council	16	21	7	38
Cavan County Council	9	6	6	27
Clare County Council	24	40	28	10
Cork City Council	65	64	45	61
Cork County Council	28	31	27	36
Donegal County Council	2	0	0	3
Dublin City Council	121	111	133	170
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	17	27	11	19
Fingal County Council	12	18	25	25
Galway City Council	31	25	23	32
Galway County Council	13	3	7	6
Kerry County Council	26	52	69	54
Kildare County Council	33	37	70	93
Kilkenny County Council	19	13	34	38
Laois County Council	5	8	9	4
Leitrim County Council	7	7	3	2
Limerick City & County Council	16	15	38	19
Longford County Council	0	6	8	5
Louth County Council	20	11	2	3
Mayo County Council	20	5	9	14
Meath County Council	20	26	24	27
Monaghan County Council	13	13	12	19
Offaly County Council	20	12	4	0
Roscommon County Council	4	15	23	13
Sligo County Council	12	10	15	18
South Dublin County Council	114	23	100	32
Tipperary County Council	23	79	61	55
Waterford City & County Council	46	35	56	30
Westmeath County Council	21	45	9	43
Wexford County Council	13	16	31	43
Wicklow County Council	21	26	19	76
Total	791	800	908	1,015

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