Cabinet to discuss proposals around a referendum on right to housing

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The Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is to brief his cabinet colleagues that the Housing Commission will establish a Referendum Subcommittee to consider the constitutional issues and propose the appropriate wording for an amendment to the Constitution. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

Cabinet will tomorrow discuss proposals around a referendum on the right to housing.

The Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is to brief his cabinet colleagues that the Housing Commission will establish a Referendum Subcommittee to consider the constitutional issues and propose the appropriate wording for an amendment to the Constitution.