Cymdeithas to build a house on Eisteddfod Field as part of Housing Protest

In order to draw attention to the housing crisis in our communities members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg intend to build a house on the National Eisteddfod field at 1 o'clock today (friday August 8th). The house will then be carried to the unit of Welsh Assembly Government on the field.

Iestyn ap Rhobert who leads Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg's housing campaign said:

"Our communities are faced with deepening housing crisis. Our young people can no longer afford to live in these communities. We will build our own house (a modern tŷ unnos) on the Eisteddfod field in order to draw attention to the problem. After the house has been built we will carry it to the Welsh Assenly Government's unit where we will further emphasise our concern."

"Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg believes that if the housing crisis in Wales is to be tackled then the thinking that has controlled housing policy since the days of Margaret Thatcher needs to be challenged and radically changed. We must once again put the emphasise on the RIGHT TO RENT rather than continue with thatcher's obsession with THE RIGHT TO BUY."

"Over the years this is an issue we have discussed time and again with various politicians. The last meeting with Jocelyn Davies AM was held about a month ago, and even though we welcome some of the Welsh Assembly Government's initiatives on this issue we are afraid that they are not far reaching enough to make a real differee to the lives of the peole of Wales. That is why we are making THE RIGHT TO RENT the basis of our demonstration on the national Eisteddfod field."

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