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Housing is Not for Sale: A Call to Action

By The Shift

From the Town Hall at PARC, September 10, 2026 Values Housing must protect human life and dignity. In Canada, ours does not. Instead, it is built to protect profit. Until that changes, until dignity comes before investor returns, the system will stay broken regardless of how many homes get financed or built. A housing industry … Continued

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Blog Post October 6, 2026

Social Risk Is Financial Risk: Why Housing Investors Must Change Course

Outrage over the eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman in Madrid, has put housing policy at the centre of public debate across Spain and catalyzed pushback across the rest of Europe and North America. Her case has become a symbol of the cruelty embedded in housing systems not only in Spain but around the … Continued

Press releases September 15, 2026

Community members, experts, demand government keep speculative investors out of housing market

TORONTO — As the federal government opens the Canada Investment Summit today, a coalition of seasoned housing advocates, frontline health and food security workers, and people living through the housing crisis is telling government exactly what kind of country they expect it to build. The statement was drafted at People Over Portfolios, a public town … Continued