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  • 07-11-2017 10:31pm
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    Dollydoodles11
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    Hello i am a single mother with one child. Currently living in a 2 bedroom house which is classed as a 1 bed as you cant swing a cat in the small room. My 2 years HAP is finished at the beginning of feburary. Would HAP cover me and my child if i moved to a 3 bedroom house? I get 410€ a month on HAP due to my circumstances. And if i move to a 3 bed house and tge rent is 400 a month. Does it matter how many bedrooms the house has ? Or does it go by how many people is to live in the house?


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    hawkelady
    Registered Users Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭hawkelady


    I'm fairly sure the council won't provide a 3 bed house to a mother and one child !
    Why would you need a 3 bed house ?


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    fussyonion
    Registered Users Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    You have to find a home suitable for your needs.
    This means a two-bed house. What makes you think you need 3?


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    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    hawkelady wrote: »
    I'm fairly sure the council won't provide a 3 bed house to a mother and one child !

    She's talking about the HAP scheme, not council housing.

    And no, it doesn't matter how many bedrooms in the house ... tricky thing is finding a house within the limits, and a landlord happy to accept HAP. (Technically they're obliged to accept it, doesn't happen in practice though.)


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    KaiLee
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭KaiLee


    As long as you find suitable accomadation and a landlord who accept HAP it doesnt matter what sort of place you live in. I think some of the comments above are very judging. Hope you found somewhere suitable now.


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    Dollydoodles11
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Dollydoodles11


    KaiLee wrote: »
    As long as you find suitable accomadation and a landlord who accept HAP it doesnt matter what sort of place you live in. I think some of the comments above are very judging. Hope you found somewhere suitable now.


    Thanks. Yes i g9t somewhere sorted moving in 2 weeks. Thank you


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