{"id":15058,"date":"2023-03-29T12:34:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T11:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=15058"},"modified":"2023-03-29T12:34:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T11:34:52","slug":"eviction-ban-towards-an-unjust-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2023\/03\/29\/eviction-ban-towards-an-unjust-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Eviction Ban: Towards an Unjust Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

An earlier version of this article was recently published in the Irish World newspaper, we commend the courage of the editor Bernard Purcell for doing so, but a week is a long time in politics and we felt it required updating and a short addendum on the possibility of a legal challenge.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Indirectly, the failure to deal with the issue of housing and homelessness has led to the rise of far-right protests, tar\u00adgeting immigrants in temporary accommodation. This is the slippery slope to fascism.<\/p>\n

Housing is the defining issue of this Irish generation. By extension, it is the defining issue of Ireland\u2019s next general election.<\/p>\n

One slender thread of hope to ensure matters did not decline further was Ire\u00adland\u2019s temporary ban on evic\u00adtions. But that has been re\u00adscinded.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Scotland had the good sense to extend its own evic\u00adtions ban until September. But in the midst of the worst housing shortage in the country\u2019s history, the Irish government is prioritising the financial interests of land\u00adlords.<\/p>\n

Ireland\u2019s recently ap\u00adpointed Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC had advised the Irish government that landlords\u2019 groups could mount a constitutional chal\u00adlenge to the extension of the ban. But the Irish government subsequently insisted its de\u00adcision to revoke the evictions ban was a political one, rather than one based on the AG\u2019s advice.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the Irish governments have frequently hidden behind the issue of constitutionality. It\u2019s the first line of de\u00adfence whenever the question of genuine rent control is pro\u00adposed, and the last line of de\u00adfence when the calls for the introduction of the eviction ban were first made.<\/p>\n

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Frank Armstrong explores the historical origins of capitalism, as the steady financialisation of property threatens the good life we have a right to expect.https:\/\/t.co\/Lq7z4PeWCP<\/a>@broadsheet_ie<\/a> @BowesChay<\/a> @liamherrick @williamhboney1<\/a> @KevinHIpoet1967<\/a> @VillageMagIRE<\/a> @RoryHearne<\/p>\n

— CassandraVoices (@VoicesCassandra) September 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n