Leilani Farha Confronts the Commodification of Housing
“There's a lot of people making a lot of money off of housing, and it's creating homelessness,” Farha said, “How has it become the reality that...
UN expert on San Francisco homelessness: 'I couldn't help but be completely shocked'
Leilani Farha said she "can't help but be completely shocked" by what she saw on a tour of San Francisco's homeless communities.
Housing is a right, not a commodity: Interview with Leilani Farha
We want to affirm that housing is not a commodity like gold or steel but rather a human right. We want to say it's not okay to pursue...
Opinion | A solution to Canada’s housing crisis has already been built — we just need to use it
“Perhaps the most promising (housing) avenue lies in adaptive reuse of commercial buildings,” write Leilani Farha and Julieta Perucca.
United Nations Tackles COVID-19 Threat on Multiple Fronts
As medical workers, scientists and others are working around the clock to prevent, treat and mount this unprecedented response to the...
UN Housing Official Shocked by L.A.’s Homelessness
Photos by Charles Davis. “You almost forget you're in Los Angeles,” Leilani Farha remarked, looking up at a shabby hotel with a cartoon palm...
San Francisco or Mumbai? UN envoy encounters homeless life in California
Leilani Farha, UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, says 'unacceptable' squalor amid US wealth violates rights law.
"Housing is a human right, not just a commodity."
For Leilani Farha, housing is the 21st Centuries' biggest battleground. The UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing says a worldwide...
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing (2014–2020), global housing rights advocate and founder of The Shift, active in international housing‑rights advocacy and campaigns.