RehRomano@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoRent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRocket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year 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-up5·1 year agoUnfortunately the UDHR is not enforceable…
minus-squareRocket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoIt is by way of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, among others.
minus-squareChaosSpectator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year 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-squarePxtl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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”
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!”.
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”