This interview with the Green Party Housing Minister is quite something.
“It was put to him that reinstating the eviction ban, and keeping people in the accommodation they already have, would help reduce the growing homeless figures.
He responded: “Well then it turns into a communist state, that’s what you are talking about. So we purchase everybody’s property, is it?”
https://www.thejournal.ie/green-party-housing-spokesperson-policy-matters-eviction-ban-6157921-Sep2023/
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2023-09-04 09:30:28
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