Far more at stake than just houses

Resolving our homes crisis

There is hardly a more volatile interface between what we accept as people’s property rights and even a vague idea of what a just society might look like than the housing market.

That we call it a housing rather than a homes market shows we believe we are dealing in commodities rather than in one of life’s necessities. Even our vocabulary acknowledges a hierarchy of rights over needs that disadvantages far too many people.