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Census reveals 1 in 8 houses empty while thousands homeless
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Thursday July 28, 2016 23:43 by 1 of Indymedia
The 2016 Census has again revealed there is no housing crisis. In fact about 1 in 8 houses were empty, a massive 259,562 dwellings in all. It seems clear the answer is to be found in homes being left empty while people sleep on the streets. A situation that only favours landlords and property speculators who want to keep available supply low in order to keep rent and house prices high. And all while courts and Garda evict those amongst us who decide to solve their housing problem by occupying some of these vacant properties. Irish Housing Network stand with homeless residents in protest of the eviction of twenty families from emergency accommodation in Dublin |