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Housing Assistance Payment Scheme - Tenant Terms and Conditions
From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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When you join the HAP scheme you sign a Rent Contribution Agreement. The Rent Contribution Agreement contains the terms and conditions of the HAP scheme. You agree to follow these terms and conditions when you sign the agreement.
The terms and conditions below are not the full and complete terms and conditions. For the full version of the terms and conditions please see your signed Rent Contribution Agreement.
It is important to know that HAP payments are made to your landlord by the HAP Shared Services Centre in Limerick, on behalf of your local authority. You also pay your weekly rent contribution to the HAP Shared Services Centre.
By receiving a payment from my local authority for my HAP tenancy:
I agree to pay my weekly rent contribution to my local authority. My local authority will calculate my weekly rent contribution in accordance with their Differential Rent Scheme
I know that my local authority may, from time to time, change the amount of my weekly rent contribution if:
When asked, I will give my local authority proof of my income and my household’s income. I will provide any documents that my local authority needs to check my income. The local authority may check my income with other state bodies.
If my income or my household’s income changes, I will let my local authority know. I understand that if I don’t do this, I may end up with substantial rent arrears which might lead to me losing my HAP support.
I know that my local authority can suspend or cease to make the HAP payment to my landlord on my behalf if any of the following occurs:
Once the Local Authority stop HAP payments, I will be responsible for paying all the rent owed to my landlord.
I will pay my weekly rent contribution, including any increase caused by a change in my income or my household’s income, by one of the methods listed here .
I will not reduce the payment of my weekly rent contribution for any reason.
I know that it is my responsibility to make sure that my weekly rent contribution is paid to my local authority each week.