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[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

What steps can investors take if they want to practice business in a way that complies with human rights?

Check out these 5 immediate steps for investors, from our Investor Guidelines, out today!

Read the guidelines here: https://t.co/sHGxrQVMKX

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

"Powerful financial actors have done a great job at framing themselves as the solution to, rather than the cause of, the prevailing crisis[...]But the evidence suggests that greater involvement of financial markets has[...]inflated house prices and rents."
https://t.co/pw7FEp4x2f

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

New #PUSHBACKTalks!

Episode 4 of our Summer Series drops with a wild word pairing: Frankenstein + Wine🍷

@leilanifarha & @FredrikGertten unpack how horror & indulgence intersect w politics & justice

🎥 Watch (10–15 min): https://t.co/24wMJwGO5a

#SocialJustice #Summer #Podcast

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

Have you been listening to our special summer series? We're calling it Word Food - and each week the menu changes!

Join @fredrikgertten & @leilanifarha for a new 10-minute episode each week this summer.

Episode 3 is out now on all platforms!

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

Episode 3 of the #PUSHBACKTalks Summer Series is here!

This week’s Word Food:
🧠 R.O.I. & saviour

@fredrikgertten & @leilanifarha unpack what these words reveal about power, profit & the politics of "rescue."

Watch now: https://t.co/CJhCbiGbOl
#WordFood #Podcast #SocialJustice

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

This summer, we're bringing you Word Food: bite-sized convos that pack a punch.

Here's how it works: each week @FredrikGertten & @leilanifarha choose 2 words & have a 10-15 minute convo on how those words intersect w our complex socio-political moment.

Ep 2 out tomorrow!

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

The #PUSHBACKTalks Summer Series is back!

All summer, @fredrikgertten & @leilanifarha will serve up weekly Word Food: 10-15 minute explorations of how two random, simple words intersect with our complex socio-political moment.

Episode 1 out now!

https://t.co/CJhCbiFDYN

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

Bill 10 is now law.

It will put the brakes on supportive housing and create even higher barriers for any person who uses drugs, even casually, to find and keep housing — supportive or private market.

It will increase homelessness and turn housing across Ontario abstinence-only.

[Observatori DESCA @ObservaDESCA]

🏘️ Full house at the side event we organized at #ISHF2025 in Dublin! So glad to participate in this key panel on policies against speculation and for the social function of #housing. In collaboration with @habitat_intl, @IIED and @Make_TheShift.

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

Join the @WorldHabitat conference to connect with people who are passionate about making a difference & learn how local initiatives can turn back the tide on this crisis.

#Housing #Affordability #RightToHousing

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

The #homelessness crisis is getting worse. More than ever we need communities, NGOs, cities, governments, and the international community working together - sharing experiences, data & solutions that work.

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

Tomorrow!

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

Our European Project Director Marta Ribera Carbó is in #Dublin this week for #ISHF2025, tackling a question that's reshaping cities worldwide: what happens when homes become investment portfolios? 1/4

[Leilani Farha 🍉 @leilanifarha]

Wonder how the 12,000 households living in Inter-rent apts x Canada feel about the fact that
a) their new landlords is in Singapore and is a wealth fund with $800 billion dollars of AUM;
b) their homes were tanking on the stock market but their rents continue to increase - averaging 1,700/mos;
c) their homes continue to be owned by investors whose only concern is the bottom line.
https://t.co/bXAPmCkJWn

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

We'll be going beyond analysis to show exactly how finance reshapes housing markets, plus concrete regulatory approaches that preserve affordability and prevent displacement.

📅 5 June | 11am BST | Wicklow Meeting Room 5 Programme: https://t.co/iMWZGCAOHt #ISHF2025 #housing 4/4

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

Our European Project Director Marta Ribera Carbó is in #Dublin this week for #ISHF2025, tackling a question that's reshaping cities worldwide: what happens when homes become investment portfolios? 1/4

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

The pattern is everywhere: empty investor-owned apartments while families struggle to find rentals, neighborhoods converted for tourists, communities displaced for luxury developments. But the tools to fight this exist. 3/4

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

The Global Observatory of Temporary Rentals is building a collective map that serves as a tool to make visible:

📍 Ongoing struggles & conflicts
📍 Groups & movements that defend housing
📍 Bottom-up solutions & regulations

Know a case? Share it with us: https://t.co/gfDM4zPdzB

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

The right to housing is not negotiable!

Temporary/tourism/platforms rentals are displacing communities and commodifying and making our cities more expensive. But all over the world, resistance and alternative proposals are emerging.

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

Are you in an org that defends the right to housing & opposes temp rentals?.

Explore the Global Observatory of Temporary Rentals' tools of action & collective knowledge.

Let's connect struggles, promote public policies & defend access to housing.

More: https://t.co/sUn3W0Y7dj

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

Reconnecting with partners and participating in workshops reinforced something powerful: when climate advocates and housing rights defenders work together, solutions become more ambitious AND more achievable. #UrbanFuture #JustTransition #Housing #RightToHousing

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

Our European Project Director Marta Carbó just returned from #UrbanFuture in Łódź; a vibrant, green city showing urban transformation can prioritize sustainability & livability. The energy was inspiring: climate leaders & housing advocates shaping practical solutions together

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

Key insight: We need to unlock existing housing stock potential. Thousands of empty or under-utilized apartments across Europe could address both housing needs and climate goals simultaneously.