The most common family type exiting HAP in 2022 was 'Single 1 Child' and 'Single' both with 23.1% of exits (2,280 households) with the fewest of 'couple' family type (370 households and 3.7%). Couple is the least common family type for exits for all years while 'Single' is most common for each year before 2022. See Figure 3.1 and Table 3.1.
Map 3.1 shows the numbers of households exiting HAP in 2022 by local authority for all family types. The local authority with the most households exiting in HAP in 2022 was Dublin City (1,070), followed by Cork County (620), and Fingal and Kildare (both 560). The fewest households exiting HAP in 2022 were in Leitrim and Longford (both 80). Data is available by local authority for earlier years and different family types in PXStat table HAP01.
In 2022 four in ten (40.3%) of households exiting from HAP this year - and who haven't returned - left HAP to go to social housing. This is down from 49.2% in 2021 and 51.5% in 2020.
The proportion of households exiting HAP based on the reason of the 'Tenant Ends Tenancy' has broadly decreased over the years of the HAP scheme from 49.3% in 2015 to 25.1% in 2022. Cessation reasons are typically self-reported by the tenant and/or landlord. See more information on the reasons in the Background Notes and Methodology.
Figure 3.3, below, details the proportion of HAP households who have exited HAP in a given year and have no income - from PAYE, self-employed or social welfare payments - in the following year. This excludes deceased tenants. This could give an indication of HAP tenants having left the country. This percentage has fallen from 6.9% in 2018 (with no income in 2019) to 3.8% in in 2020 (with no income in 2021) and up to 4.1% in 2021 (with no income in 2022). Data is available by local authority in PxStat Table HAP34.
Over half (55.4%) of households who have exited HAP - and not returned - had a person in employment in the year of exiting HAP. However, this proportion dropped for the year after the HAP exit and subsequent years to 49.7% for the third year after HAP exits, for those tenants where there has been at least three years since their exit. In contrast, the median gross earned income - with inflation adjustment including PUP in 2020 and 2021 and just for those in employment - increased over the years from the HAP exit, though with minimal increase from two years after HAP to the third year. This was €17,692 in the year exiting and rose to €21,478 for three years after HAP. See Figure 3.4.
Just over a tenth (12.3%) of households who left HAP in 2021 were on the net housing waiting list the following year. This is up slightly from 2020 exits (11.4%) but there has been an overall pattern of a decreasing proportion of HAP exits returning to the housing list, down from 29.6% in 2015. See Figure 3.5.
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