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Housing Assistance Payment

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<p>AT HOME: Rebecca and Ger O'Riordan with their children, 10-year-old Noah and three-year-old Emmy, will have to leave their home in Rochestown, Cork, by August. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

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<p>Doireann Barrett in the storage unit where all her belongings are stored. Picture: Domnick Walsh</p>

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Rental wreck: The accommodation nightmare in Ireland's towns — Tralee
<p>Minister Darragh O’Brien (left) and Meryame Kitir, Belgium's Minister for Development and Urban Policy at the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness conference in Dublin today. Mr O'Brien said: "Housing For All sets us on a pathway to delivering 90,000 social homes between now and the end of 2030." Picture: Maxwells</p>

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C&AG finds lack of anti-fraud policies around €500m-per-year housing assistance payment
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Council facing HAP inspection backlog of 2,300 properties in Cork city
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