xenophobia

Hostility towards immigrants won’t solve the housing crisis

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: non-graphic mentions of hate crimes against racialized communities. This year, the Canadian government announced its first-ever limit for temporary residents, which includes temporary foreign workers, international students, and asylum claimants. Amid this decision, immigrants are being increasingly scapegoated as the cause of the housing crisis in Canada, with people suggesting they’re driving up housing prices. And while not all immigrants are people of colour, the disdain that is present around immigration tends to be directed toward people of colour. Canada’s lack of public housing, poor regulatory policies around rent, and housing market privatization…

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