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Housing
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Take back the city: Build a mass movement for housing
The following article is from the latest issue of The Socialist about how we can build a mass movement…
Homelessness, profiteering & the private market
By Colm McCarthy THE DEATH of three homeless people in Dublin, Kildare and Cork in less than a…
Sinn Féin’s message fails to inspire
By Finghín Kelly Many of those voting Sinn Féin in the recent election did so in the belief…
Profiteering makes houses unaffordable
How the profiteering of developers is making homes unaffordable
Market failure sees homelessness sky rocket
By Dave Murphy The government’s failure to act on the homelessness crisis means the situation has now gotten…
Government must ban home repossessions by banks
· Profitable state-owned banks should write down mortgage debt · Repossession crisis will become intensify homelessness crisis The…
Vultures make a killing on NAMA property
By Diana O’Dwyer A little noted feature of the so-called ‘recovery’ from the banking and property crash is…
Dublin City Councillor calls for a ban on evictions through rent increases
Dublin City Councillor Michael O’ Brien of the Anti-Austerity Alliance has today said that DCC should be given NAMA hotels as a public utility for emergency housing situations and that an immediate ban on evictions through rent hikes should be implemented across the city.
Passing of Housing Bill will kick 50,000 families off Housing Waiting Lists
The Housing Bill which will be voted on today is one of the most regressive and anti-social pieces of legislation introduced by this or any government.
Housing crisis: Establishment parties to blame
A series of articles that have been carried in the mainstream media recently have exposed the human face of the growing housing crisis in Dublin and other urban centres across the state.