Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a landlord should provide an RTB notice of termination as requested by their HAP tenant who has decided to move out of the property due to a change in family circumstances; if not, if this will impact the tenant's request to change their circumstance on their housing application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56071/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Once approved for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), the local authority will expect the tenant to stay in the same property for at least two years. However, a tenant may be able to apply to their local authority for a new HAP payment for another property sooner if their circumstances change. For example, if they receive a job offer in another area, or if their family changes in size and the property is no longer suitable. 

Where a person has a change of circumstances, including a loss or increase in income, they should notify the relevant local authority.  The local authority can reassess those tenants and adjust their differential rent accordingly.

The day-to-day operation of the HAP scheme is a matter for the relevant local authority.