The housing crisis is now global. It shows just how undemocratic our nations have become

The housing crisis is now global. It shows just how undemocratic our nations have become | Leilani Farha – Net News 1

ICYMI: When we can’t even afford to rent or buy somewhere to live, we have to ask: did we give…

Even with hands-tied Scotland fights the housing crisis better than most

From the Guardian today: The housing crisis is now global. It shows just how undemocratic our nations have become. When we can’t even afford to rent or buy somewhere to live, we have to ask: did we give the financial sector too much power? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/19/housing-crisis-global-democracy-nations-financial-sector How does England compare with this? In short, England exemplifies Farha’s core argument. The finan…

Housing and debt, everyone’s crisis

There’s a Guardian piece Monday about how the housing crisis is global and a Le Devoir piece on how the world is drowning in debt. The Guardian deck asks “Did we give the financial sector too much power?” In tangentially related news, the city is loafing over controlling short‑term housing.

The housing crisis is now global. It shows just how undemocratic our nations have become

When we can’t even afford to rent or buy somewhere to live, we have to ask: did we give the financial sector too much power? Leilani Farha is the former UN special rapporteur on adequate housing In the summer of 2021, I visited a homeless community in a park in Toronto, Canada, and spoke to one of…