Tenant Rights and Union Power with Sharlene Henry
This Toronto-based organizer connects labour and tenant struggles, and explains why union solidarity is central to winning affordable housing.
Decommodify Housing
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Closing the Gap: Grassroots Organizing and Policy Making for Housing in Canada
The housing crisis in Canada is too large, entrenched, and politically complex to solve with siloed strategies.
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Kevin Lambert’s Real Estate Realism
‘May Our Joy Endure’ is a timely cultural intervention — a scathing yet beautifully crafted critique of Québec’s elite and the forces of gentrification.
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Home Truths: A Practical Policy Toolkit for Fixing the Housing Crisis
In ‘Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis’ Carolyn Whitzman finds opportunities for hope in outlining a path towards housing for all across Canada.
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Activists Make History: Winning Renters’ Rights with Chiara Padovani
Chiara Padovani details her political journey in organizing renters and defending tenant rights against the encroachment of for-profit interests in housing.
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Corporate Tax Breaks, Housing Heartbreaks with Silas Xuereb
Silas Xuereb offers a rundown on how the Canadian government is deepening the housing crisis through poorly designed tax systems and unchecked regulation of real estate investment.
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A Progressive Toolkit to Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis
Housing expert Carolyn Whitzman chronicles the shifts in government housing policy over recent decades and shows what needs to be done to make housing accessible for all Canadians.
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The Rise of Investor Ownership and the Housing Crisis with Jeremy Withers
According to the data, more and more new housing is being purchased without the intention of being the home that the buyer lives in.
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Addressing the Rise of Investor Ownership of Housing, Part 1: Assessing the Scale and Impacts across Canada
Ownership of housing is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of wealthy Canadians, fostering a worsening status quo for everyone else.
