"I think it's already in the Constitution - I'm not a constitutional lawyer, I'm not a lawyer.
"There's the rights of property, there's the rights of the State to legislate on behalf of different forms of the powers of government - executive powers, judicial powers.And he said all this tinkering means houses are not being built. "It would be very much a good aspiration and statement for us to see in our Constitution, vindicating a right to housing for people.
She said the current constitutional vindication of the rights of private property should"balance that with a right to all persons to have access to adequate housing.
A Constitutional Right To Housing means people won't have any choice as the Gov't will be compelled to vindicate such a Right through means that would reduce each citizen to slavery.
Well if fffgg keep selling our land to developers under the smoke screen of social housing, I welcome any objections because it's profiteering on every level to line pockets
This right wing shock jock station gets worse by the day.
😂😂 No it doesn't.
Absolute nonsense
Not everthing should be a constitutional right.
Utter nonsense
Never going to happen, particularly not when there's a serious lack of trust in some of the councils!
Totally misleading and untrue headline
No, it would merely mean that the state would have to build public housing, like most countries do, and we don’t, thereby maximising the market for private developers and landlords.
If only Ireland had enough derelict properties to house everyone. Oh wait..
NO! What government need to do is stop people from objecting. Take out any planning objections and build the fcuking houses ffs. Stop making things difficult make them easier. merrionstreet
Putting a right to housing in the constitution would be the most unintended consequencing thing ever unintended consequenced.
Stop making up things.
If HomeforGood_ wording is accepted, we would have to stop objecting to 'adequate' housing (i.e. housing that meets quality standards). The right to private property will continue to enjoy Constitutional protection and would be balanced against the right to housing. Is that bad?
Nope!
No it absolutely does not mean that at all.
Said the vulture/cuckoo funds , are we not applying their grants for coming in and saving and building for us thickos...and rent back for 30 years ,can i do this im Irish ?
I would vote yes to a right of housing only for Irish nationals only (no dual nationals) to avoid the abuse & riding the system the EU has over 450M people with access to Irish housing so it would only be right for Irish nationals only to be implemented into the vote.
That’s a terrible standpoint and argument to be put forward And also the headline is misleading, but not surprised because all Irish media seem to be more interested in clickbait than actual reporting
Not when it's tiny poorly built and poorly serviced BTR apartments funded by investors for extortionate rents.