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

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately the UDHR is not enforceable...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you want to do with it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well....not paying stupid amounts for a roof over my head, let's start there.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

So you are looking for a way to infringe on the rights of others?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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"