@[email protected] to [email protected] • 10 months agoRent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117www.cbc.camessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-linkRent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117www.cbc.ca@[email protected] to [email protected] • 10 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months agoIt is by way of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, among others.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•10 months agoWell…not paying stupid amounts for a roof over my head, let’s start there.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•10 months agoSo you are looking for a way to infringe on the rights of others?
minus-squarePxtllinkfedilinkEnglish5•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”
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”