Leilani Farha

Leilani Farha’s work is animated by the principle that housing is a social good, not a commodity. She has helped develop global human rights standards on the right to housing, including through reports on homelessness, the financialisation of housing, informal settlements and rights-based housing strategies. She is the central character in the documentary PUSH, on the financialization of housing and also the Global Director of The Shift, an international movement to secure the right to housing.

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