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''Non HAP compliant'' houses

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    #32
    Musketeer4
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Musketeer4


    All a landlord has to say to get around these HAP/RAS restrictions is to state in their ad something along the lines of:

    "would be ideal for working professionals"

    Anyone with half a brain would know that the LL is saying no HAP/RAS without actually saying it.


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    #33
    pilly
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,005 ✭✭✭pilly


    Musketeer4 wrote: »
    All a landlord has to say to get around these HAP/RAS restrictions is to state in their ad something along the lines of:

    "would be ideal for working professionals"

    Anyone with half a brain would know that the LL is saying no HAP/RAS without actually saying it.

    Believe it or not that's not allowed either. Also, suitable for students or house share is not allowed. It's all irrelevant though, at the end of the day a landlord has the right to decide who they want to live in their house. So they just pick the best tenant that applies.


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    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    There's nothing in here about it. I'm not sure it's a requirement for HAP.
    If the Landlord is unwilling to comply with the requirements of the HAP scheme can they be forced to comply?
    1) An applicant who is eligible for HAP finds a suitable property in the private rental sector.
    As part of their application process, you, the landlord of the property, must send certain
    information to the local authority. You can return Part B of the HAP application form with the
    relevant information directly to the local authority.
    This information will include:
    a) The amount of the monthly rent
    b) Proof of ownership/entitlement to act as landlord of the property
    c) Your bank account payment details
    d) An undertaking regarding the property’s compliance with standards for rental
    accommodation
    There will be other information required which the landlord might not wish to hand over to the local authority.
    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    I don't know how much discretion on the amount above the limit is allowed. I think it depends on the area, rental prices v limits, scarcity of rentals, etc.

    What this budding landlord has in the ad is likely to run afoul of the Equal Status Act from its wording even if it's above the limit, not that that will change anything or that anything will come of it.
    This house would not be deemed suitable for a couple as it has three double rooms and by excluding children(which they are entitled to do) the landlord is also excluding most HAP tenants as those with children are the only ones who would be given €250+ leeway in an area outside of Dublin/Cork/Limerick.


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