Working HAP households have a median gross income of less than €20k

There were 68,180 households in receipt of HAP at the end of 2022, down from its 2021 peak of 70,620, but still far in excess of the 57,620 homes accessing the support as recently as 2019.

Working households accessing the Government’s Housing Assistance Payment in order to pay their rent had a median gross income of just under €20,000 in 2022, new statistics reveal.

The Central Statistics Office, in an analysis of the HAP scheme published on Friday, said 2022 was, however, the first year that saw more households exit the scheme than enter it since it was launched in 2014.