The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) is a not-for-profit charity that advances rights-based housing policy through research, policy development, advocacy and litigation. CERA is recognized internationally as a world leader in applying both domestic and international human rights law to address issues of homelessness and poverty.

Our guest, Bahar Shadpour (Director of Policy and Communications, CERA) speaks to the current state of housing in York Region and what happens when housing is treated as a commodity rather than a social good and a human right.