News – The Shift

We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About the Housing Crisis

By The Shift

October 6 marks Urban Crisis Response Day, a moment to examine not just how we respond to crises, but what questions guide our responses in the first place. Cities worldwide face what leaders call a “housing crisis.” They have largely defined this crisis as a crisis of supply, rather than what it truly is: … Continued

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Blog Post August 3, 2026

A Housing Strategy Is Only as Good as the Values It’s Built On

Canada’s housing system has a values problem. Unless it is named and fixed, National Housing Strategy 2.0 will spend public money and public time deepening the crisis it claims it wants to solve. The values embedded in a housing system decide which programs are created and resourced, who is helped and who’s not. In Canada … Continued

Climate July 27, 2026

Extreme weather is our new normal. Re-thinking our housing system is the answer.

Another heatwave has reached Europe. After record-breaking temperatures at the end of June caused the deaths of an estimated 1,300 people across the continent, meteorologists are now predicting temperatures to rise again across July and August. Extreme weather – including heatwaves – is no longer exceptional. The failure of governments to address climate change means we must now suffer the consequences, and … Continued