2 Nov 2020, 16:12
The Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage will discuss the proposed referendum of the right to housing, with the Home for Good Coalition tomorrow.
In advance of the meeting, Committee Chair, Steven Matthews, TD, said: “The committee very much welcomes the insight of Home For Good, a broad coalition of organisations and individuals who believe that Constitutional change is an essential underpinning for any successful programme to tackle our housing and homelessness crisis.”
Home For Good is comprised of organisations dedicated to tackling homelessness and providing secure homes, including the Simon Communities of Ireland, Focus Ireland, Respond and Threshold. Members also include legal and academic experts, such as the Mercy Law Centre, and draws support from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
Chair Matthews added: “The country clearly faces public health and economic challenges right now, but the housing crisis remains a constant body of work, and we look forward to hearing from Tuesday’s witnesses about their belief that the time has come to rebalance the Constitution in order to protect the right to decent, affordable and secure housing for all. Their proposal and reasoning for the referendum is something worth exploring with Home For Good.”
Tomorrow’s meeting will take placein Committee Room 2 from 11am (watch live), it is the first of two public meetings scheduled for this week, with the continuation of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill when the Environmental Protection Agency and the Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) appear on Thursday, watch live from 9am.
For more information about the work of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, see the Committee webpage