Ireland

State must fix mortgage crisis plan and make it work

Published in Monday May 20th, 2013 In Opinion

In the EU, new mortgage laws are on the horizon. They claim it will make the mortgage process more transparent, but it will make the borrower a target should anything go wrong. And it could remove the one-year freeze on banks moving in on distressed homeowners. Instead, they could act within 30 days. It was always about saving the banks. The borrowers don’t matter.

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Pain in Spain grows as evictions spark new wave of protests

Published in Friday December 7th, 2012 In In the media

The fact that several of the banks repossessing homes are receiving state funds has fuelled Spaniards’ anger. On December 2nd, Tarragona city hall in northeastern Spain revealed it was planning to cut off ties with any bank that evicted local people who could not pay their mortgage. In doing so, it was following a handful of other towns and cities across Spain which have responded in a dramatic way to a deepening evictions crisis.

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In Ruined Apartments, a Symbol of Ireland’s Fall

Published in Wednesday September 5th, 2012 In In the media

September 3rd, 2012 To visit Graham Usher’s dream apartment in Priory Hall, the most notorious of Ireland’s ruined ghost developments, is to see what Ireland aspired to be, and what it became instead. The apartment, bought for $315,000 in early 2006, is now covered by a brick facade that looks as if some giant creature had raked […]

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Charity launches housing campaign in Ireland

Published in Tuesday July 17th, 2012 In In the media

July 16, 2012 Housing charity Focus Ireland has mounted a concerted campaign to secure a legal right to housing for all citizens in need of a home, in line with the situation in other European countries. The Right To A Home campaign commenced today, as a survey for the charity suggested 80 per cent of […]

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Implement the Law in Ireland!

Published in Monday June 4th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

Equality Can’t Wait – Implement the Law! Last week the Minister for Social Development announced plans to regenerate the Girdwood Barracks site in North Belfast. North Belfast has seen some of the most acute and longstanding housing inequality in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s own research shows that 95% of the need for new social […]

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Papering Over The Cracks – A documentary by the Seven Towers Residents Group

Published in Thursday November 3rd, 2011

The documentary tells the stories of various residents’ campaigns to hold the housing executive and the department for social development to account on everyday issues like the right to a warm and comfortable home, the right to a safe environment for families, the right to security and dignity and the right to participate in the decisions that affect their lives.

Papering Over The Cracks – A documentary by the Seven Towers Residents Group from Participation and the Practice o on Vimeo.