Magdalena Urban awarded €12,000 for HAP discrimination

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Magdalena Urban was awarded €12,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission for housing assistance discrimination on 20 October 2023.

The complaint followed a landlord’s refusal to accept HAP for a rental property on Patrick Street, Trim, after Urban said she would need the payment to rent it.

The adjudicator relied on Urban’s uncontested evidence after the landlord did not attend the hearing on 12 September 2023.

The WRC found discrimination on the housing assistance ground and ordered compensation, taking account of its €15,000 award limit and the impact on Urban and her child.