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Ideas · 2026-06-08 · 9 min · 1,236 words

Confronting 'Housing Inc.' | Meet the 2026 CBC Massey Lecturer

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This is a CBC podcast. Welcome to Ideas. I'm Nala Ayed, and I'm here to introduce you to our 2026 CBC Massey lecturer, Leilani Farha. She's visited hundreds of people in their homes across six continents to investigate the state of housing worldwide, people living in homeless encampments and informal settlements, tenants and homeowners. She spent

six years as the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, and today she's the global director of The Shift, an international human rights organization focused on housing, finance, and climate. Her lectures are titled Housing Inc., a global takeover And our fight for home. Welcome, Lailani, and congratulations. Thank you so much, Nala, and it's lovely to be here.

Thank you for coming in. Let me start with that title. What is Housing Inc?? So Housing Inc. refers to the alliance of actors that are controlling our housing sector.

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