Local Government the first and full-year costs of increasing HAP, RAS and social housing current expenditure programme

To ask the Minister for Housing; Planning and Local Government the first and full-year costs of increasing HAP, RAS and social housing current expenditure programme payments by 5%,10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively.
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All three of the current expenditure funded schemes – the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS), the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) - are critical components of the accelerated delivery of social housing envisaged under Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness.

The annual cost of the three schemes to the exchequer is made up of the continuing cost of supporting the tenancies and contracts in place at the end of the previous year, and the additional cost of the new tenancies and contracts supported over the course of the year to which the allocation relates. The cost of the schemes in future years is therefore dependent on the number of new social housing homes and tenancies falling to be funded within each of the schemes and the rental or lease payments involved.

The table below sets out the costs of increasing the 2020 HAP, RAS and SCHEP budgetary allocation by 5%,10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively.

 

2020   Budget
€m
5%   Increase
€m
10% Increase   €m
15%   Increase €m
20%   Increase €m
25%   Increase €m

HAP
 502,729
 527,865
 553,002
 578,138
 603,275
 628,411

RAS
 133,000
 139,650
 146,300
152,950
159,600
166,250

SHCEP
 190,886
 200,430
 209,975
 219,519
 229,063
 238,608

 Total
 826,615
 867,945
 909,277
 950,607
 991,938
 1,033,269