Leilani Farha

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Leilani Farha (born 1968) is a Canadian human rights lawyer and housing advocate. She is the global director of The Shift, an international organization advocating for housing as a human right. From 2014 to 2020, she served as the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing. Farha was selected to deliver the 2026 CBC Massey Lectures. Her lectures, titled Housing Inc.: A Global Takeover and Our Fight for Home, examine the treatment of housing as a financial asset and its effects on tenants, Indigenous peoples and people experiencing homelessness.

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