CATU Liberties & Rialto

Tenants Strike Back! Yesterday tenants from across the Liberties and beyond met the call of the Oliver Bond residents to stand up against the cruel and cynical rent hikes imposed without consultation or justification by Dublin City Council.

To the rent hikes, the tenants say: no way, we won't pay!

On March 28th, tenants from across the city will stage a citywide protest to demand the council drop the rent hikes at the Garden of Remembrance, 1pm. Be there!

On Monday Nov 24th Dublin City executives pushed through a budget measure to hike rents on tenants of public housing, Approved Housing Bodies, HAP and RAS recipients, and pensioners by up to 50%.

This disgraceful robbery will directly increase poverty in the city by €35 million in a cost of living crisis.

The council could very well have funded a proper maintenance budget from levies on big business, collecting existing fines on landlords and developers, taxing tourists, or by seeking proper funding from central government.

Tenants were not consulted on this cash grab, and CATU, the tenants' union, are staging a protest in front of City Hall next Monday, December 1st at 5:30PM. No way, we won't pay!