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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 21, 2015

QUESTION NO.2

QUESTION: Councillor S. Holland

To ask the Chief Executive how many landlords have signed up to the HAP scheme?  Of these, how many of these signed up with their existing tenants, and how many were new landlords?  Please give a geographical breakdown by electoral area.

REPLY:

Outlined below are the number of landlords who have signed up to the HAP - Housing Assistance Payments -  scheme. 

Analysis of HAP landlords @ 3rd September 2015
Number of landlords	Number of Properties per landlord	Total Properties
251	1	251
15	2	30
1	3	3
1	4	4
1	5	5
1	8	8
1	9	9
272		310

Currently 75% of all HAP tenancies are new and 25% are from Rent Supplement.  It is not possible to say at this time if the landlord is new to the system or not.  It is envisaged that a meeting with the Department of Social Protection will take place in October with a view to increasing the numbers of tenants transferring from rent supplement to HAP.

Below is the geographical breakdown of HAP tenancies in South Dublin

Tallght South	27%
Tallaght Central	26%
Clondalkin	30%
Lucan	11%
Rathfarnham	2%
Terenure /Templeogue	4%