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Dispatches from Canada's housing crisis

November 12, 2026 · 54 min

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2026 CBC Massey Lecturer Leilani Farha believes the only way to really understand the housing crisis is to visit people in their homes. This fall, she’s been travelling the country doing exactly that. Ahead of the broadcast of her lectures, Housing Inc.: A Global Takeover and Our Fight for Home, she sits down with Nahlah Ayed to share excerpts from her conversations. 

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