Rent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117www.cbc.ca RehRomano ( @RehRomano@lemmy.ca ) Canada@lemmy.ca • 10 months ago message-square16fedilinkarrow-up179
arrow-up179external-linkRent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117www.cbc.ca RehRomano ( @RehRomano@lemmy.ca ) Canada@lemmy.ca • 10 months ago message-square16fedilink
minus-square ram ( @ram@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish38•10 months agoHousing should be a human right, but now it’s not even a utility; it’s a luxury good for the wealthy that even the poor must find a way to afford.
minus-square Rocket ( @Rocket@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink17•10 months ago Housing should be a human right It is. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which Canada is party to, made it as such.
minus-square bradmont ( @bradmont@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink4•10 months agoUnfortunately the UDHR is not enforceable…
minus-square Rocket ( @Rocket@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink4•10 months agoIt is by way of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, among others.
minus-square Pxtl ( @Pxtl@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoI wonder if this could be used to sue organizations that block housing construction? “I want to build a 20-storey affordable housing project” “The local councilman and neighborhood groups want it to be a 10-storey building” “The Charter doesn’t give a shit what they want”
Housing should be a human right, but now it’s not even a utility; it’s a luxury good for the wealthy that even the poor must find a way to afford.
It is. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which Canada is party to, made it as such.
Unfortunately the UDHR is not enforceable…
It is by way of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, among others.
I wonder if this could be used to sue organizations that block housing construction?
“I want to build a 20-storey affordable housing project”
“The local councilman and neighborhood groups want it to be a 10-storey building”
“The Charter doesn’t give a shit what they want”