Dublin City Council to raise social housing rents by up to 50% for someThe rise will affect up to 40,000 households rented out by the local authority or containing HAP recipients.
Landlord ordered to pay €20,000 to tenant over refusal to accept HAP and threats to evictThe Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the landlord, Muhammad Naeem Aslam, had breached the Equal Status Act 2000 by discriminating against Ayodeji Saanu by refusing to accept a HAP payment as well as victimising him over the same issue.
Tenant who ended up in emergency accommodation after landlord refused HAP awarded €15kThe Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the landlord, Sherman Chan, had breached the Equal Status Act 2000 by discriminating against his tenant, Olga Burla