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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 13, 2017

QUESTION NO.6

QUESTION: Councillor M. Johansson

"To ask the Chief Executive to confirm that all HAP applicants who opt to go on the HAP transfer list retain their time on the housing waiting list and accumulate time while remaining on HAP, but do not have access to Choice Based Letting?"

REPLY:

Applicants who apply to be included on the HAP Transfer list within 2 weeks of signing up to HAP retain their time on the list. Applicants who apply for a transfer at a later stage do not retain their time on the list and are treated as a new application. All HAP applicants are offered the option of being included on the HAP transfer list on signing up to the HAP scheme.

It is the intention that HAP transfers will be available on Choice Base Letttings and work is in progress to enable this access.  To date no HAP transfers have taken place.