Housing

Government to hold polls on housing and water on same day

Referendums on putting a right to housing in the constitution and on public ownership of water services may take place next year

Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, has given a commitment to public sector unions that he will bring a memo to cabinet about holding referendums on a right to housing and the public ownership of water services

The government is planning to hold referendums on a right to housing and the public ownership of water services on the same day, it has emerged.

Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, has given a commitment to public sector unions that he will bring a memo to cabinet about holding both referendums.

The Commission on Housing, which is examining the potential wording of a right to housing to be inserted into the constitution, is due ...