Housing Rights and Reform Alliance
Housing Rights & Reform Alliance An Chomhdháilíocht um Cearta Tithíochta agus Athchóiriú Rialtais | |
|---|---|
| National Secretary | Diarmaid Ó Cadhla |
| Founded | October 2018 |
| Headquarters | 99 Douglas Street, Cork |
| Ideology | Housing rights, local government reform |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Local government | 0 / 949 |
| Website | |
| housingrights | |
The Housing Rights & Reform Alliance (HRRA) (Irish: An Chomhdháilíocht um Cearta Tithíochta agus Athchóiriú Rialtais) is a political party in Ireland. which is registered for local elections.[1][2] It was founded in Cork in October 2018.[3] Its formation was announced that month on the steps of Cork City Hall, following the arrest of Cork Housing Action members who occupied the chamber of the local county council.[3] It fielded six candidates in the 2019 local elections for Cork City Council,[4] with none being elected.[5]
The alliance was launched by Cork County Councillor Diarmaid Ó Cadhla.[3] Ó Cadhla had run in the 2011 Irish general election in the Cork South-Central constituency as a 'People's Convention' candidate. Following the election he was ordered to serve five days in Cork Prison for not paying a fine handed to him for not disclosing election donations.[6] Ó Cadhla said that he was standing up for what he believed in by not declaring election expenses, saying that the legislation discriminated against independents.[6]
The Housing Rights and Reform Alliance has demanded that the government set up a National Emergency Committee on Housing and Homelessness, noting that this was done for what it perceives to be less important issues such as bad weather and the foot-and-mouth crisis.[7] The alliance has also called for a programme of building public and affordable housing to address the current housing crisis in Ireland.[7] It has also called for councils to take more action against 'rogue landlords' and greater protection for families facing eviction.[8]
Aside from housing, the group has proposed a reform in local government so that "Council members [are] held accountable", and that there is greater participation in decision making.[7]
The group has said that it welcomes support from all "regardless of other political preferences, ideology or social class".[7] It describes itself as being neither left or right.[9] Despite being a registered political party, the group does not call itself a political party and opposes the party whip system.[9]
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- ↑ Clerk of the Dáil (29 April 2019). "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Oireachtas.
- ↑ "Registration of Political Parties" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. 99: 1714. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 English, Eoin (23 October 2018). "Housing activists occupy Cork council chamber". "The Irish Examiner". Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ↑ "Candidates". Housing Rights and Reform Alliance. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ↑ "Cork City Council: Sinn Féin's representation cut in half". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Roche, Barry (12 May 2016). "Cork election candidate jailed over donations". "'The Irish Times". Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "ELECTION STATEMENT". Housing Rights and Reform Alliance. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Let's make Housing the Issue". housingrights.ie. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "About the Alliance". housingrights.ie. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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