Ms Funke Tobun:

Most of us have taken this case to the PRTB. We have challenged the eviction letter and some of us have found that it is invalid. The landlord has breached contracts by not fixing the house. We are taking this just to buy time for the Government to come in. These are 40 families. This is not about tenants; we are one community. If people know Tyrrelstown well, they will know that all those who live there are as one. We are appealing to the committee today. We are grateful for the invitation to come here to present our case. We want the committee to examine it. Almost 90% of the 40 families are working. Only a small number of them are on housing allowance. We are appealing to the committee to devise an affordable model to keep us in our community and our homes so we can move on with our lives and continue the jobs we do within our community.