Rory Hearne: Referendum on a constitutional right to housing in Ireland is long overdue

Failure to treat housing as a human right has contributed to government policy failing to address the growing crisis

Housing activists in Cork highlight the issue of dereliction and demand an end to the ongoing housing crisis. Picture: Larry Cummins

Our housing crisis — in reality a housing crisis of over three decades — results from a failure to treat housing as a human right.

It is time to hold the referendum to insert the right to housing in the Constitution.