TheBigShort
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http://www.thejournal.ie/landlord-refused-hap-wrc-4242635-Sep2018/
Im somewhat under censure at the moment
Imagine sending an empty envelope to the tenants. That's not nice. In fact it's nasty.Not the brightest landlord
I agree its nasty alright but I am becoming concerned with the developments in the rental sector.Imagine sending an empty envelope to the tenants. That's not nice. In fact it's nasty.
Landlords are being forced to adhere to HAP standards which in my eyes are too high. At the end of the day the property is mine to do with as I please. My properties exceed the min standards for rental but fall below the HAP standards (for insulation purposes and windows etc).
I don't accept the Govt's interference in the rental sector. As a landlord I am left with all of the risk and if the HAP tenants stops paying the HAP people wont even tell you.
You'll know immediately surely because they will cut off the HAP?
As regards HAP standards, nobody has inspected any of my properties. Ever. And I'm into my third decade. And the first one into HAP was April 2016. I wouldn't mind getting inspected as I'd like a list of what I should do.
You would be left dealing with the tenant and if the tenant refuses then you will be in for a long drawn out process via the RTB. The HAP was introduced to do away the RAS. With the RAS the tenancy agreement was between the landlord and the Council. So the Council was liable for the rent (even if the tenant did not pay their contribution to the council).
The RAS scheme was closed specifically because the council were responsible for the rent so the landlord had no risk and the council had all the risk.
I'm not seeing this as any worse. By RAS do you mean the rent allowance that the councils and corporations paid to the tenants and then the tenant paid the landlord this plus their own portion. That was worse. Because sometimes tenant's would pocket the rent and not pay the landlord. So I think HAP is way better. Money is coming in directly and the tenant never gets to see it. They never build up arrears, or more importantly don't build up unmanageable arrears.
So for either of those schemes the landlord as property owner takes the financial risks, which is right and proper. And deals with the tenant as you would any other tenant.
And in my case I got more from HAP then I did under the old scheme so I'm delighted with it. Prior to this I didn't put up the rents as I didn't think the tenants could afford it. And for this the other day on here I was told I was leeching and parasitic.
No the RAS is the Rental Accommodation Scheme not the Rent Allowance.
Landlords are being forced to adhere to HAP standards which in my eyes are too high. At the end of the day the property is mine to do with as I please. My properties exceed the min standards for rental but fall below the HAP standards (for insulation purposes and windows etc
In terms of the HAP standards for rented accommodation, is there a minimum standard or point on the BER scale required to be met?
I've no clue as I don't have BER certs. It wasn't a requirement for HAP. I just certified whatever was on the form. In other words housing standards Acts.
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I had a look at the HAP form looing for BER and I noticed that about the tax clearance cert that you are supposed to supply within 5 month, that:
however, if within the 5 months, a further payment by the authority falls due which, if paid would result in total payments by the authority to the landlord in any period of 12 months exceeding 10K that payment will not be made without the landord producting a Valid TCC.
that doesn't make sense to me, because it's confusing the 5 months with 12 months. I'm guessing they don't bother with this. As it's more trouble than it's worth for them to be trying to monitor this. In my own case they only asked for the TCC initially and not annually.
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Also I notice that the tenant's who get HAP declare that they will be removed from the Housing list. That's a neat way of removing people from that isn't it. Government playing with numbers. So I guess my rent allowance tenants were on the list, were renting, then were moved to HAP and are magically no longer on the lists.
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