CATU at Wicklow County Council buildings THURS4JUNE26
atest press release from the Community Action Tenants Union, issued 
on Thursday, June 4th 2026…
On Thursday 21st May, CATU North Wicklow members asked to meet with Director of Services (Housing) Michael Nicholson to address the dire and urgent situation of three homeless families, some with severe medical conditions and children with additional needs and delivered demands in written letters as no one accepted to speak to us.
Laura Brett is a mother who was evicted in Bray recently along with her two young children. Despite engaging for a year with the Council ahead of her eviction and going through the mediation process with RTB, she is now being offered unsuitable accommodation lacking basic cooking and bathroom facilities, and inappropriate 
to care for her children.
Zeineb Aliieva, her 4 children (one with special needs) and her mother have been evicted, after her landlord unlawfully failed to provide the necessary documents to allow them to apply for rent supplement or the housing assistance payment for their tenancy.
Our demands are clear:
Apartments so full of mould you’d think it was being used to grow penicillin, landlords that act entirely in defiance of the law and a county council that are unwilling to engage with those in desperate need of assistance. Enough is enough.”
CATU is for single parents facing unjust evictions, it’s for students priced out of accommodation, as well as for older council tenants in need of vital property renovations. CATU is for private renters, battling mould in their overpriced accommodation while facing endless rent increases. CATU is for mortgage holders who don’t want their children to face this housing crisis, as well as those in emergency and precarious living situations.