The Many Faces Of The Housing Crisis
What do we actually mean when we talk about a “housing crisis”?
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.
Reading #1
Reading #2
How Government Austerity Set The Stage For The Housing Crisis
Lesson Two: How decades of neoliberal policy at all levels of government created today’s housing crisis.
Reading #3
Financialization: The Nail In The Coffin Of Affordable Housing
The financialization of housing takes the idea of housing as a commodity to a new degree and has created new forms of housing relations.
Reading #4
Making Housing For All A Reality
What policies we need to ensure Canada treats housing as a human right, and what we can do to help guarantee they get implemented.
Reading #1
The Many Faces Of The Housing Crisis
What do we actually mean when we talk about a “housing crisis”?
Reading #2
How Government Austerity Set The Stage For The Housing Crisis
Lesson Two: How decades of neoliberal policy at all levels of government created today’s housing crisis.
Reading #3
Financialization: The Nail In The Coffin Of Affordable Housing
The financialization of housing takes the idea of housing as a commodity to a new degree and has created new forms of housing relations.
Reading #4
Making Housing For All A Reality
What policies we need to ensure Canada treats housing as a human right, and what we can do to help guarantee they get implemented.