Family awarded €14k in HAP discrimination case

Threshold has welcomed a €14,000 award to a Munster-based family of six after they were discriminated against on the grounds of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), but said more decisions might be required to force landlords to comply with the law.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) made the ruling after Threshold had lodged a complaint with it and with the Residential Tenancies Board after the landlord served the family with a notice of termination.