Toronto Star · The Globe and Mail · Ottawa Citizen
Leilani Farha
Publishing · On our record since 2013
Where this writer stands
Housing2 pieces
Public supply and demand controlsMarket supply and deregulation
“The real solution isn't building more — it's unlocking the millions of homes and buildings that already exist but sit vacant or underused across the country.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Let’s call Canada’s housing crisis what it is: a purposeful, profit-driven industry where people get left behindOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 24, 2026
- Predatory financial firms are ruining housing. Here’s how tenants around the world are fighting backOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 12, 2026
- A solution to Canada’s housing crisis has already been built — we just need to use itOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 25, 2025
- Opinion | Federal budget fails to address housing crisisOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 6, 2023
- Opinion: An Ontario ruling defending those living in encampments is only a partial victoryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 30, 2023
- Opinion: If the CRA is targeting Muslim-led charities, Canadians deserve to knowOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 19, 2022
- Ottawa People's Commission: What we've heard so far about the trucker convoyOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 11, 2022
- Farha, Neve and Owusu-Akyeeah: Time to hear from the Ottawa residents who endured the trucker convoyOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 11, 2022
- Blackstock, Farha, Mazigh, Neve: Five questions about human rights and the Ottawa trucker protestOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 8, 2022
- Opinion: Profit mongers should have no home in Canada’s housing marketOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 15, 2021
- Will Trudeau show the world what a feminist government truly looks like?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 6, 2018
- If housing was a human right, the bubbles would burstOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 29, 2017
- If housing was a human right, the bubbles would burstOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 29, 2017
- If housing was a human right, the bubbles would burstOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 29, 2017
- Shining a light on Canada’s deteriorating human rights recordOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 13, 2015
- Can Kathleen Wynne change the conversation on poverty?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 11, 2014
- Anti poverty and human rights groups shoulder-to-shoulder with Idle No MoreOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 5, 2013