The Mercy Law Resource Centre has published a report calling for the right to housing in the Constitution.

A Constitutional right to housing would however put in place a basic floor of protection, according to the report.

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West Eoin Ó Broin welcomed the report and said it would be launching a Bill which seeks to put the right to housing into the Constitution.

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Deputy Ó Broin said: "The report outlines the domestic, European Union and International legal context in which any such a right would operate.

"The report makes clear that enshrining the right to housing in the Constitution, would not mean the right to a key to a home for all. Rather it would put in place a floor of protection and require the state in its laws and policies to reasonably protect that right.

"The Mercy Law Centre is one of the state's leading housing rights agencies and has a comprehensive knowledge of both housing law and policy. Their strong advice to the incoming Government should not be ignored."

(CD/LM)