RehRomano@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 10 months agoRent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkRent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117www.cbc.caRehRomano@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 10 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareram@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67arrow-down2·10 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-squareRocket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·10 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-squarebradmont@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoUnfortunately the UDHR is not enforceable…
minus-squareRocket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoIt is by way of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, among others.
minus-squareChaosSpectator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoThat’s great and all, but what can be done with this? Of course we can’t just go to our landlords and be like “uh…ma freedoms!”.
minus-squareRocket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·10 months agoWhat do you want to do with it?
minus-squareChaosSpectator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWell…not paying stupid amounts for a roof over my head, let’s start there.
minus-squareRocket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·10 months agoSo you are looking for a way to infringe on the rights of others?
minus-squarePxtl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 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.
That’s great and all, but what can be done with this? Of course we can’t just go to our landlords and be like “uh…ma freedoms!”.
What do you want to do with it?
Well…not paying stupid amounts for a roof over my head, let’s start there.
So you are looking for a way to infringe on the rights of 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”