Hap Scheme 2014-2020

The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is currently available in all 31 local authority areas and to homeless households in the Dublin local authorities under the Homeless HAP pilot. The HAP scheme is provided under Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. Once transferred from Rent Supplement to HAP, households are in receipt of a much more secure form of state support and crucially the Linkage between their employment status and their housing need is broken. They can work full-time.住房援助付款（Housing Assistance Payment, HAP）目前已覆盖全部31个地方自治区域，并面向参与无家可归者HAP试点计划的都柏林地方自治区域内的无家可归家庭开放。 该HAP计划依据《2014年住房（杂项规定）法案》第4部分实施。 一旦家庭从租金补贴（Rent Supplement）转至HAP体系，即可获得更为稳定的国家保障性支持，且尤为关键的是，其就业状况与住房需求之间的关联将被切断，家庭可全职工作。