Average asking price for a new tenant has risen by 9.6% in last year, Rentals.ca says

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    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.

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      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.

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          It is by way of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, among others.

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            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!”.

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            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”