Housing

Housing

Rise In Homeless Figures “A National Disgrace” And Exposes The Bitter Fruit Of The Overreliance On Private Landlords And Corporate Property Speculators

Real Problem: Rebuilding Ireland depends 80% on insecure RAS, HAPS and leasing schemes rather than the mass provision of council housing to solve the crisis People Before Profit TD Richard

25 Oct 2018

Housing

County Councils Failing Child Safety Standards

There is a growing concern that best practice and legislation related to the  Children First Guidelines 2017 and the Children First Act 2015, are not being implemented within all Homeless

23 Oct 2018

Housing

Vulture Fund Cerberus Behind Collapse Of Social Housing Projects

Vulture Fund Cerberus behind collapse of social housing projects TD says funds actions are bitter fruits of Government policy Call for curbs on funds activities and for a state agency

20 Oct 2018

Housing

Climate Change – A Dramatic Warning!

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the world’s most authoritative scientific body on the question of climate change. It bases itself on the work of many thousands of

10 Oct 2018

Arts And Culture

People Before Profit Launch Alternative Budget Statement

Recovery for All People Before Profit launch Alternative Budget Statement At the press conference today in Dublin, People Before Profit launched their Alternative Budget proposal-Recovery for All, in which they

8 Oct 2018

Housing

Biggest Landlord In The Country Ires Reit Exploits Loopholes To Increase Rent By 20%

People Before Profit TD, Richard Boyd Barrett and Rachael Prendergast Spollen, PBP local rep, have condemned as “obscene” moves by IRES REIT to demand a 20% increase in rent for

6 Oct 2018

Housing

People Power Brings Dáil Vote To Solve Housing Crisis

On Thursday, the People Before Profit TD, Richard Boyd Barrett, introduced a motion to the Dáil which mandated the government to take the following actions: *Declare the housing and homeless

6 Oct 2018

Housing

Government Continued Denial Of Their Housing Policy Failure Ahead Of Dáil Vote On Emergency Housing Motion – “surreal”.

Government continued denial of their housing policy failure ahead of Dáil vote on emergency housing motion – “surreal”. 203 council houses built across Dublin so far this year, only 16 in

4 Oct 2018

Housing

Dail Protest And Motion On Housing Emergency – An Acid Test For Fine Gael And Fianna Fail

Dail Protest and Motion on Housing Emergency – an acid test for Fine Gael and Fianna Fail Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, must today choose between vulture funds and speculators and

3 Oct 2018