Mr. John McCarthy:

Under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, if one is supported through HAP, one's housing need is considered to have been met and so one comes off the housing list. However, all HAP recipients are given the option of going onto the transfer list, which is the mechanism all local authorities use to provide for movements within social housing supports locally. That might be someone in a mainstream social home which no longer meets his or her needs and who might need to move to another larger home. It is operated locally, and perhaps one of my colleagues could discuss its operation.