Raise the Roof
“Contrary to international human rights obligations, investment in housing in the Republic of Ireland has disconnected housing from its core social purpose of providing people with a place to live in with security and dignity.”
– UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Leilani Farha, March 2019
Mandate is a supporter of the Raise the Roof campaign. Raise the Roof is comprised of trade unions, housing and homeless agencies, women’s groups, political parties, representatives of older people, children’s advocacy groups, community organisations, student unions, Traveller groups, housing academics and experts. See full list of supporters here.
Show your support and sign the housing pledge
I /we support a housing plan that:
- Commits to secure, affordable homes for all;
- Tackles high rents and unfair evictions for tenants;
- Delivers public housing/ cost rental through the State and local authorities;
- Ends tax breaks for investor funds and tackles Vacant Homes;
- Creates a Right to Housing.
