Posters put up across South Belfast recently demonstrate the far right's continued attempts to exploit the housing crisis for their own gain.
Instead of looking at the exploitative landlords who extract extortionate rent from poorly maintained homes or the many landlords within Stormont who lobby against the government building more houses, they turn their rage against innocent migrants who look to make Belfast their home. Over 90,000 people are currently on the housing waiting list, of which 5,000 are children who don't have a safe and secure place to call home. All while the housing executive fails to reach its social housebuilding targets each year and the executive refuses to implement any legislation that could solve the crisis.
The People's Housing Bill put forward by Gerry Carroll would take aim at abandoned houses that could be homes, landlords who charge extortionate rents and weak tenants rights to decrease rents and make more homes available to all. Instead, as we've seen this week the DUP try to find ways to blame 'illegal migrants' for their austerity and mismanagement that's pulling apart our care and social services like housing and healthcare.”
Blaming migrants does nothing but divert our anger away from those who created and profit from this housing crisis; Stormont and their landlord friends.
Statement on Racist Posters in South Belfast
Instead of challenging landlords, the Far Right hung racist posters in South Belfast. People Before Profit says organise against the landlords. It's the Landlords, not the Migrants.
