The CATU eviction database team have been busy collecting data from RTB case files and other sources about evictions. See some highlights in this thread! 🧵 Also come along to our workshop on Sun 01/09 to learn about anti-eviction research and other international campaigns.

Another IPSC national demonstration for Palestine coming up this Saturday: come and march with your tenant union, behind your union banner! Meeting outside Mandate union office at 1pm.

Branch Meeting! Come along to the Bosco next Tuesday the 3rd September at 7PM to scheme on how to intensify our organising around poor housing conditions, our Rent Strike documentary scheming, and more!

Insightful talks organised by CATU Ireland with speakers from San Francisco on anti-eviction mapping and from Colombia on indigenous community land rights.

More than 5 percent of Traveller households in Dublin are living in emergency homeless accommodation. “The private rental market is not a solution to the housing crisis, most particularly for Travellers. Councils are also failing to deliver.” dublininquirer.com/2024/08/28/mor…

Example of consequences of State policy. Sleep rough to prove eligibility for accommodation but put self at risk. Or try find temporary, precarious accommodation but be deemed self-accommodated and lose eligibility. Meanwhile volunteers pick up pieces. irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin…

I wasn't illegally evicted because of immigrants I was illegally evicted by an Irish man who wanted more than the 2000+ he was getting for his apartment he had owned for over a decade

Several political parties/MP candidates replied to our open letter before the General Election this year, indicating that they would push for changes in how the Local Housing Allowance/housing support is calculated.

As Ireland's community and tenants' union we are disgusted by Taoiseach Simon Harris's comments yesterday that the housing crisis is caused by refugees and asylum seekers. Read our response 👇

Read MLRC’s response to recent comments by An Taoiseach Simon Harris on homelessness and immigration in an interview with Hugh O'Connell Read our full statement on our website at bit.ly/3MWcR4d #Homelessness #Immigration #HousingCrisis

🟢Local branch meeting tonight! Upstairs at McGeogh's Bohemian Bar, 6.30pm. All members welcome - there's lots to discuss and it's a great time to get involved.

Branch Meeting! Join us at The Bosco on Wednesday, October 16th at 7PM to plot and scheme how to best support our neighbours around poor housing conditions, and more!

See ye at this tomorrow!

Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh 👻 #JoinCATU

Watch the story of Irelands housing rebellion! Join us on December 5th at 7PM to watch The Rent Strike, celebrating the story of this working-class campaign and the women who led it. Tickets at eventbrite.com/e/the-rent-str…

Remember - this is tomorrow!

Folks in our branch had a great night yesterday, door knocking in our area and having a nice pint & catch up after. Join CATU - drive change!