While the carcass of the Celtic Tiger may be long devoured; the rate of homelessness, precarious housing, insane rents, slum landlords and a lack of social housing, or appropriate accommodation for students, are still on the rise. Throughout the island of Ireland, the ownership and misuse of property decides our safety, our employment, our education opportunities and our homes themselves. Both north and south of the border, appropriate housing must be reclaimed as a right to all, regardless of class, race or religion.

Read this season’s issue of Forward, for free below, tackling one of Ireland’s most looming inequalities.