Entitled Podcast: A Roof Over Our Heads: Rights Or Real Estate?

More than half a million people are currently homeless in the United States. It’s a crisis that extends beyond California and is trending upwards in other states, too. Most jurisdictions in the U.S. have no right to shelter, and the right to have a home at all is not a guarantee. But just across the border, Canada recognizes the right to adequate housing as a fundamental human right affirmed in international law. In this episode, we speak with Canadian lawyer Leilani Farha, the former Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, about how we ended up with a homelessness crisis and what remedies should look like. Leilani is also Global Director of The Shift, a housing initiative.

Listen: A Roof Over Our Heads: Rights Or Real Estate?

About the podcast: Claudia Flores, Tom Ginsburg Explore Human Rights Debates in “Entitled” Podcast