How to apply for HAP

You then need to send your completed form to your local authority along with all of the documents needed to assess your case. You will get a list of these documents on your local authority’s Social Housing Support application form.

If you are approved for social housing support, or if you are already on your local authority’s housing list, you can ask for the HAP application form.

Only fill in the application form after you have found accommodation.

After agreeing a tenancy with your landlord, you and your landlord need to return the completed application form to your local authority as soon as possible.

What Is HAP?

The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support provided by your local authority…

How Does HAP Work?

You must be qualified for social housing support by your local authority…

Tenants

Your local authority will make a monthly HAP payment directly to your landlord, on the last Wednesday of each month.

Landlords

The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a local authority-provided social housing support that works for landlords, agents and tenants alike…

Homeless HAP

The Homeless HAP scheme helps people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless…

Supported by Government of Ireland

Government of Ireland

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