Subscribe: RSSHousing affordability is at an all-time low. A growing percentage of working and middle class people are being pushed out of their homes and rental units and into poverty and homelessness. A recent documentary, Push, explores the housing crisis and...
“Who are cities for?” That’s the fundamental question – posed by Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing – that drives Push, an eye-opening documentary from award-winning director Fredrik Gertten that had its North American premiere at Toronto’s...
From Dagenham to Detroit, neighborhoods are struggling to cope with our rapidly changing world. How can places ensure people can access the entire economic system? We need innovative ways for communities to meet their complex needs in order to be healthy and to...
Subscribe: RSSIn recent years, over 65 million people worldwide have had to flee their homes due to conflict or natural disaster, leading to a refugee crisis of significant proportion and impact. What’s more, in the UK, 50 percent of the 125,000 refugees are...
Of the 65 million refugees worldwide who have been displaced due to conflict or persecution, the UK has accepted approximately 119,000. Over 40 percent of those refugees are unemployed, with nearly 20 percent arriving alone without any friends or family. ...
