04/09/2025
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In 2011, the incoming Fine Gael/Labour government published a policy statement that marked a major turning point in Irish housing policy.
Instead of building large-scale social housing, the State shifted almost solely towards a market-driven model—relying heavily on private sector schemes like Rent Supplement. This was a political choice, not an inevitability.
🏠 The slowdown in local authority housing construction wasn’t caused by refugees or migrants. It was the result of deliberate decisions by successive governments to pull back from public housing.
👉 Blaming migrants distracts from the real issue: a housing system that prioritises the private market, landlords, vulture funds, and the rich.
✊ If we want change, we need to build a united movement on housing—one that demands the government invest in public housing for all, not profits of the few.
Housing is a human right. Racism won’t build homes. Solidarity will.
