The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has urged the public to support the Raise the Roof national Rally for Housing being held in Dublin on Saturday (Nov 26).
General Secretary Owen Reidy said, ‘the housing crisis is the most important issue that the trade union movement is campaigning on at the moment. The crisis affects all strands of society, not just union members and workers but young people who have been let down by the state and cannot afford to buy a house or even rent one because of an extreme shortage of rental homes and soaring rents’
Owen Reidy said the rally taking place on Saturday, (Nov.26th) in Dublin ‘will give civic society an opportunity to stand together to make sure that we truly have a housing policy for this State that meets the needs of its people.’
Glen Hansard, Lisa O’Neill, Donal Lunny, Brendan Begley, and Laura Quirke will be among the musicians performing at the Raise the Roof rally which convenes at Parnell Square Dublin at 1 pm.
The Raise the Roof housing campaign group comprises trade unions, housing, and homeless agencies, women’s groups, political parties, representatives of older people, children’s advocacy groups, community organisations, student unions, Traveller groups, and academics.
ICTU Campaigns Officer, Macdara Doyle said ‘We need secure, affordable homes for all who live and work here. Bad policy choices have led us ever deeper into a full-blown emergency. We need a housing system that prioritises public good over private profit’.
