A Public Housing Protest Has Taken Place Outside City Hall This Evening
City Council were called upon to retain a site on Model Farm Road for the construction of public mixed income housing.
It had been proposed that the site be sold to private developers.
The demonstration was organised by Cllr Ted Tynan who is putting a motion before the City Council tonight on the issue and he says while the issue is specific to a particular site it’s urgent that the council return to its previous role as the city’s leading builder of homes for all those who require them.
Speaking to RedFM News Catherine Coffey O’Boyd of the Workers Party says this land is urgently needed for social housing:
Cork man Eoin McCarthy became homeless after his apartment on the northside of the city was taken over by a vulture fund. He told RedFM News he’s been couch-surfing since and it’s no way to live:
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