A number of unions were present at the Raise the Roof rallies including SIPTU, Fórsa, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), Connect, Unite, the Irish National Teacher’s Organisation (INTO), Mandate and Community Action Tenants Union (CATU).
SIPTU Health Organiser, Natasha Linehan, said: “There’s empty houses all around the city and the whole country, we need to get the Government to honour what they committed to do.
“This is affecting people of every age, even people with well-paying jobs can’t get mortgages or they’re being outbid when they try to buy.”