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Tenants struggling to pay bills and but food because they have to pay top-ups to landlords Almost half of the tenants spoke of struggling to pay the bills, buy groceries or cover childcare and school costs (Image: Getty) Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendati...

Tenants receiving rent supplement payments are struggling to pay bills and buy food because they have to pay top-ups to landlords, a committee has heard. People in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) are having to fork out between 100 to 500 euro each month to landlords as State payments fall short of rental costs. Charities Threshold and St Vincent de Paul told the Oireachtas Housing Committee that almost half of tenants spoke of struggling to pay the bills, buy groceries or cover ...

HAP tenants struggling to buy food after paying rent top-ups to landlords, committee hears There are currently 100,000 tenancies subsidised by the State, which is a third of all tenancies in the rental market. By Press Association Tuesday 15 Dec 2020, 8:11 PM Dec 15th 2020, 8:11 PM 31,872 Views 81 Comments Threshold CEO John Mark McCafferty Th...