‘Housing should be seen as a human right. Not a commodity’ by Patrick Butler
In February 2017, Butler highlighted the housing situation in top cities and the challenge of modernisation as there is the turning of home construction options to investments for luxury accommodation- he appears to softly tread this issue through the lens of another observer…
consider this excerpt-
“How does it make me feel? One, too much inequality. People talk about income inequality: where it manifests so clearly is housing inequality … I see a society that doesn’t care about the most vulnerable. It’s mind-boggling to me that people could spend so much money and know that at the same time none of that money is assisting the poorest people in terms of housing. It’s a pretty bleak picture.” “
‘Financialisation’ at the expense of the welfare of poor or middle- class families? Are there progressive options for all?
Source: http://www.thedailystar.net/perspective/overfed-and-underfed-global-food-extremes-1422997