Pledge on Homelessness

Homeless pledge by Kiran Emrich People Before Profit Alliance election candidate for Galway Central.

Amid reports of housing price increases and a new property bubble beginning to inflate,the national media coverage of a homeless family,mother Sabrina Ryan with her three small children, being forced to live in her car has revealed the outrageous situation for people suffering the Irish housing crisis. People Before Profit Alliance election candidate for Galway Central, Kiran Emrich, makes a commitment to the people of Galway to protect homelessness budgets if elected.
He is also urging people to ask candidates in their electoral area to pledge the same support when they canvas homes.

"It is absolutely disgusting and sickening that families and individuals are reduced to living in cars.
One of the most cruel aspects of the system is that people are conditioned to see unemployment and homelessness as the result of some sort of failure of those that find themselves in this situation. But it is the austerity policies of the Fine Gael Labour Government that are leaving such people by the way-side. With the desperate housing situation in our city and country intensifying, the truth of the matter is that we need increased funding for homeless services in the city.
Therefore I give my pledge to the people of Galway that if elected I will protect the homeless services budget for the next five years of local government and never vote for any proposed cuts to the homeless budget. Homeless services need to know now that they will have continued support at Galway Council level.  I urge people to simply ask other local election candidates to make this pledge when they canvass your homes."

The People Before Profit Alliance is campaigning at national level to have the cuts to the homeless services budget restored and for more housing to be made available as a priority. This would put the homeless services under less pressure.