Buying Land: Your millennial might be able to buy a house after all!
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We live in an era when ideals of human rights have moved centre stage both politically & ethically:
So, who controls access to the city? Who dictates the quality of peoples’ daily life? Is it the financiers & developers, or the people? This course looks at human rights to land globally. Four questions stand out:
And finally we’ll look at how all sorts of places with the second homes of elites, including Canada, are threatening the very capital of the 1%. There is a reason that so many banks, multinationals &, of course, the US feared Brexit. Join the discussion!
Moderator: Pat Simke
Date and Time: September 13 and 20, from 2-4 PM
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room TBA
Cost: $12
Maximum Class Size: 25
Booking: See Terms and Conditions. To book a course, you can register on-line below, or you can send us a cheque, payable to John and Pat Simke at 102 Bloor Street West - PH9, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1M8.
- But for the most part discussions haven’t challenged the legality of hoarding of land.
- We live, after all, in a world in which the rights of private property & the profit rate trump all other rights.
So, who controls access to the city? Who dictates the quality of peoples’ daily life? Is it the financiers & developers, or the people? This course looks at human rights to land globally. Four questions stand out:
- Is hoarding of land & housing ethical & is it sustainable?
- How well do cities function with segregated communities?
- How are politicians resisting forces of the 1%?
- How is hoarding not only being stopped but reversed globally?
And finally we’ll look at how all sorts of places with the second homes of elites, including Canada, are threatening the very capital of the 1%. There is a reason that so many banks, multinationals &, of course, the US feared Brexit. Join the discussion!
Moderator: Pat Simke
Date and Time: September 13 and 20, from 2-4 PM
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room TBA
Cost: $12
Maximum Class Size: 25
Booking: See Terms and Conditions. To book a course, you can register on-line below, or you can send us a cheque, payable to John and Pat Simke at 102 Bloor Street West - PH9, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1M8.