Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Right to Housing: Discussion

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will take the next slot. I will expand on that line of questioning and ask about the practical applications of this. Many people will wonder how a referendum on housing is going to affect them or whether they want a house. They will also consider whether they are concerned about private property rights. The matter can be broken down in that way. What barriers or impediments are there in housing policy or in housing legislation that this would somehow address? I am thinking of long-term dereliction, vacancy, compulsory sale orders and those kind of matters that we do not really act on well. Is there something in that regard? I will address that to the Home for Good representatives first.

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