Is Housing a Human Right?

Is Housing a Human Right?

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Chasing Hope in a Time of Crisis with Nicholas Kristof

How do you find hope in a deeply fractured and polarized world? In this timely and powerful conversation, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nicholas Kristof pulls from decades of reporting from global conflict zones and overlooked American communities to bring a deeply human pers ...  Show more

From Sleepy Lagoon to Zoot Suit: The Irreverent Path of Alice McGrath

The Sleepy Lagoon case of 1942 became one of the most racially charged trials in U.S. history. Twenty-two Mexican American youths, mostly teenagers, were tried en masse for the death of José Díaz, though no witness placed them at the scene and the cause of death was never establi ...  Show more

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Ep. 80 - Making Housing More Abundant and More Affordable
Giving Ventures

Affordable housing is a persistent challenge in American politics. Bad public policy leads to artificial housing supply restrictions which causes prices to rise. But stimulating housing supply to bring costs down is a thorny issue. The latest episode of Giving Ventures brings tog ...  Show more

VREP #448 | A Fuller Picture of Vancouver's Housing Market with Noha Sedky
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The push for affordability and the growing connection between market and non-profit housing is dramatically reshaping development across Metro Vancouver.Principal at CitySpaces Noha Sedky sits down with Adam and Matt this week to explore how municipalities are engaging the non-pr ...  Show more

How the Cost of Housing Became So Crushing
The Daily

Over the past year, frustration over the cost of housing in the United States has become a centerpiece of the presidential race, a focus of government policy and an agonizing nationwide problem.

Conor Dougherty, who covers housing for The Times, explains why the origin o ...

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Why Canada Can't Solve It's Population Problem with Immigration
Economics Explained

Canada has gone through a lot in the last 10 years, and one of the biggest problems is the price of housing. Canadian cities are in such a small area of the country's landmass and housing construction has not kept up with the population, so housing prices have skyrocketed. Canada ...  Show more