Commission finds landlord discriminated against family in refusing to accept HAP payments

A mother suffered increased panic attacks and anxiety in fear of herself, her partner and their three-year-old daughter being rendered homeless after their landlord refused to accept rent supplement payments.

A mother suffered increased panic attacks and anxiety in fear of herself, her partner and their two-year-old daughter being rendered homeless after their landlord refused to accept rent supplement payments.

Now, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has upheld the woman’s discrimination claim against her landlord and has ordered the landlord to pay her €7,000 in compensation.