Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014.
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paragraphs: These Regulations come into operation on 15 September 2014.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations–
(a) a married couple who are living together, where either of them is a tenant, or both of them are tenants, in the dwelling concerned,
(b) both civil partners, where either of them is a tenant, or both of them are tenants, in the dwelling concerned, or
(c) both cohabitants, where either of them is a tenant, or both of them are tenants, in the dwelling concerned;
(2) In these regulations—
(a) a reference to housing assistance commencing means the commencement date of the period in respect of which the housing authority makes or made the first payment of rent under this Part to the landlord of the dwelling, and
(b) except in Regulations 5(1)(b) and 9, a reference to landlord includes where applicable, a reference to an agent operating on his or her behalf.
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paragraphs: Six months is the prescribed interval for the purposes of section 20(4A)(b) of the Act of 2009.
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paragraphs: (1) For the purposes of section 32(5A) of the Act of 2009, a qualified household shall provide the following information and particulars to the housing authority—
(a) in respect of the dwelling for which housing assistance is sought:
(i) address;
(ii) description, e.g., apartment, maisonette, semi-detached house,
(ii) the number of bedrooms;
(vi) whether dwelling is furnished or unfurnished;
(v) start-date and, where available, end-date of the tenancy;
(vi) whether there is a written tenancy agreement or rent book (within the meaning of section 17 of the Act of 1992) for the dwelling;
(vii) the amount of rent payable under the tenancy (excluding any charges in addition to the rent for services provided), the frequency of rent payment and, where applicable, the date to which rent has been paid under the tenancy;
(viii) the amount of any deposit payable under the tenancy and whether the deposit has been paid,
(b) in respect of the landlord of the dwelling:
(i) his or her name and postal address;
(ii) his or her telephone number and e-mail address;
(ii) where the landlord has appointed an agent to act on his or her behalf, the name, postal address, telephone number and e-mail address of the agent, and
(c) in the case where the household proposes to reside in the dwelling with another person, the name of such person.
(2) For the purposes of section 32(5A) of the Act of 2009—
(a) a qualified household shall, within 4 weeks of being requested to do so by the housing authority concerned, provide to that authority additional information, including documents and other particulars, sought for the purpose of verifying information provided by the household in connection with a request for housing assistance, and
(b) where requested by the household for stated reasons, the authority may agree to an extension of the period of 4 weeks referred to in subparagraph (a) for providing the additional information requested under the said paragraph.
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paragraphs: In accordance with section 4(1) of the Act of 2014, the landlord of a dwelling in respect of which housing assistance is being paid or sought shall, on request by the housing authority concerned, provide his or her bank account details to the authority in order to facilitate the payment of housing assistance by electronic means.
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paragraphs: The prescribed period for the purposes of the provision of the Act of 2014 referred to in column (2) of the Table to this regulation is the period set out in column (3) of that Table opposite the provision concerned.
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paragraphs: The prescribed classes of household for the purposes of section 38 of the Act of 2014 are households comprising one adult and households comprising a couple.
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paragraphs: (1) The prescribed amount for the purposes of section 42(3)(a)(ii) of the Act of 2014 is €10,000.
(2) A housing authority may pay, or continue to pay housing assistance in respect of a dwelling in accordance with section 42(6) of the Act of 2014 until—
(i) the landlord supplies the relevant tax clearance certificate to the authority,
(ii) a further payment by the authority of housing assistance falls due which, if paid, would result in total payments by the authority to the landlord in any period of 12 months exceeding €10,000, or
(iii) five months have elapsed from the date when
(i) housing assistance commences, or
(ii) where housing assistance is being paid in respect of the dwelling concerned, the authority requested the landlord to supply the relevant tax clearance certificate,
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paragraphs: For the purposes of section 43(2)(a) of the Act of 2014, the maximum amount of rent in respect of which housing assistance is payable for a household class specified in columns (2) to (8) of the Table to this regulation is the monthly amount set out in the relevant column opposite the local authority administrative area specified in column (1) of that Table in which the dwelling concerned is located.
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paragraphs: Two is the prescribed number of reasonable offers of a specified form of social housing support for the purposes of section 45(3) of the Act of 2014.
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paragraphs: (1) The duration of the first-mentioned prescribed period referred to in section 46(1)(a) of the Act of 2014 is 1 year.
(2) The duration of the second-mentioned prescribed period referred to in section 46(1)(a) of the Act of 2014 is 2 years.