Raise The Roof Campaign's Final Public Meeting Takes Place In Maynooth Today

Monday, 4 July 2022 08:44

File image: Raise the Roof campaign via Raise The Roof Campaign website

In the Glenroyal Hotel at 7.30pm

There's a call on the Government to deliver secure, affordable housing for all who need it.

The Raise the Roof Housing campaign is making the call as its final public meeting will take place in Maynooth at the Glen Royal Hotel at 7.30pm.

The campaign has held meetings across the country over the last few weeks in Navan, Waterford, Limerick, Galway and Dublin.

Speaking on Monday morning's Kildare Today, Social Democrats Cllr.Nuala Killeen encouraged the people of Kildare to attend the event and explained the aim of the group, listen back to the full interview here:

Raise the Roof Group Coordinator, Macdarra Doyle, says the Government must take a different approach to housing policy:

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