There has been a slight drop in the number of properties with Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) tenants in most areas across Donegal.
According to latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), there were 1,699 tenants in receipt of HAP at the end of last year.
In Donegal, six out of the seven local electoral areas saw a drop between 2021 and 2022.
The report shows there were 182 tenants in receipt of HAP payments in North Inishowen, down 1.6%, and 229 in South Inishowen – down 3.4%.
There was a 0.7% decrease in Lifford-Stranorlar to 275 and down 2.9% in Letterkenny which had the highest number of HAP tenants last year at 612.
The largest drop in figures was in the Donegal Electoral Area, down 9.5% to 201, and down 9.3% to 97 in Glenties.
However, just one EA, Milford, had an increase in HAP properties from 2021 to 2022. It registered a 5.1% increase to 103.
Nationally, just over 58,000 tenants were in receipt of the payments, down 4.3%.
