Dáil to debate emergency motion on housing and homelessness
A Raise the Roof protest will take place at the gates of the Leinster House to coincide with the motion which has the support of Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats, PBP-Solidarity, several Independent TDs and the Green Party.
It is calling for a dramatic increase in public housing investment and it is seeking to have stronger taxes imposed on vacancy and dereliction.
The opposition motion wants greater protections for private renters through the freezing and cutting of rents and it warns against any changes to the Rent Pressure Zones that would increase rents.
There is also a call for the reintroduction of the ban on no fault evictions and to fully restore the Tenant in Situ scheme.
Sinn Féin's Eoin O Broin said tomorrow's protest will be the first in a series of rolling demonstrations across the country.
While Labour TD Conor Sheehan's revealed there is anecdotal evidence that landlords are hiking rents in the aftermath of the Government's reform of the Rent Pressure Zones which he described as incoherent and confusing.
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