Canada recognizes adequate housing as a human right, yet every year more and more people can’t afford a decent home because of skyrocketing housing costs. The only people the housing market seems to work well for are the small number of wealthy speculators for whom housing is an investment, and nothing more.
How did we get to this point, and what can be done to fix it? In this course, Doug Yearwood explores the roots of Canada’s housing crisis, the factors that ensure it persists, and how we can ensure everyone has adequate housing in the future.
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The Many Faces Of The Housing Crisis
Here’s what the housing crisis actually looks like right now for a broad range of people in Canada
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How Government Austerity Set The Stage For The Housing Crisis
How some of the actions governments at the federal, provincial and municipal levels have taken that worsened the crisis for homeowners, renters, social housing residents, and the homeless.
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Financialization: The Nail In The Coffin Of Affordable Housing
How financialization harkens a new era of housing relations, which is bad news for working class people.
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Making Housing For All A Reality
How to ensure Canada treats housing as a human right, and what we can do to help guarantee they get implemented.
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