Terry Hoey Chairman of the Palmerston Residents Association has set up The East Belfast Homeowners Coalition of Northern Ireland

The East Belfast Homeowners Coalition Northern Ireland why this Coalition has been formed I Terry Hoey has been Chairman of the Palmerston Residents Association since it was set up in 2007, we have met with many of our political parties in East Belfast. We have also met with many community groups and people who have not yet set up any sort of group in their own area, we have found just how hard it is to get our politicians to listen. As Homeowners we have seen our much loved areas being torn down only to be told by our politicians that its happening everywhere we have seen our trees cut down only to be told also that its happening everywhere. This is not the answer we wanted to hear we wanted them to act and get it stopped they failed to see that this was our area that we have all bought into and invested a lot of our money. It has taken us a lot of time to find a place where we wanted to live, Some residents have lived in their area all their lives and have bought and paid for their homes only to see their history and their children's history ripped down at will. They tell us we a Terry Hoey Chairman of the Palmerston Residents Association has set up The East Belfast Homeowners Coalition of Northern Ireland against change we are against apartments that statement just is not true we are against developers moving in overnight to change our areas at will without consulting with the residents that already live in the area. If we buy a car and someone goes out and paints it a different colour we can take them up for criminal damage yet we buy a home in an area we love and developers can move into it and change it at will and we cannot do anything about it. The laws need to be changed we see our schools being moved or closed and still we are told its all down to someone else, but they fail to see we want them to act. The biggest changes in East Belfast are being planned now we as homeowners need to have a voice in what is taking place on our door steps we need to empower our communities and organise now. We need to let our politicians know that we want a say on what goes on in our areas and we want to be involved in the process and not be told what is going on by people who do not come or even live in the areas that they are planning to change. The East Belfast Homeowners Coalition is set up to empower Homeowner Residents Groups to form to gather and fight for the rights of all our Homeowner Residents groups while maintaining their own individual groups and to have Homeowner Residents Groups elect members onto The East Belfast Homeowners Coalition to lobby for change in their areas. Unite To Stop Unwanted Change Happening In Your Area.Join The The East Belfast Homeowners Collation contact terryhoey@gmail.com