Tenants struggling to pay bills and but food because they have to pay top-ups to landlords
Almost half of the tenants spoke of struggling to pay the bills, buy groceries or cover childcare and school costs (Image: Getty)
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Tenants receiving rent supplement payments are struggling to pay bills and buy food because they have to pay top-ups to landlords, a committee has heard.
People in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) are having to fork out between 100 to 500 euro each month to landlords as State payments fall short of rental costs.
Charities Threshold and St Vincent de Paul told the Oireachtas Housing Committee that almost half of tenants spoke of struggling to pay the bills, buy groceries or cover childcare and school costs.
HAP is a form of social housing support available to people living in the private rented sector and is one of four rental supplements.
HAP tenants struggling to buy food after paying rent top-ups to landlords, committee hears
There are currently 100,000 tenancies subsidised by the State, which is a third of all tenancies in the rental market. By Press Association Tuesday 15 Dec 2020, 8:11 PM Dec 15th 2020, 8:11 PM 31,872 Views 81 Comments
Threshold CEO John Mark McCafferty
Threshold CEO John Mark McCafferty
TENANTS RECEIVING RENT supplement payments are struggling to pay bills and buy food because they have to pay top-ups to landlords, a committee has heard.
People in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment (Hap) are having to fork out between €100 to €500 each month to landlords as State payments fall short of rental costs.