The Shift – The Shift is a worldwide movement to reclaim and realize the fundamental human right to housing

The Shift Directives

This trailblazing comprehensive framework, which debuted at European Parliament in 2022, offers governments and investors a roadmap to effectively combat housing financialization while upholding human rights. Read The Shift Directives and envision a world where housing is first and foremost a place for living and building a life – not a tool for making money.

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Climate & the Right to Housing

Real estate investment has transformed into an extractive industry that, through ever-increasing profit margins, incentivizes the construction of housing, increasingly consuming greenhouse gas emissions, while driving up rents and increasing housing costs. Learn more about what The Shift is doing to uphold housing as a fundamental human right, while centralizing the health of our environment.

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The Right to Housing: A Mission-Oriented and Human Rights-Based Approach

In a groundbreaking new paper, Global Director of The Shift, Leilani Farha, join forces with renowned economist Mariana Mazzucato, propelling the mission for housing rights forward like the iconic journey to the moon.

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The global movement to secure the human right to housing.

Learn more about the #Right2Housing and how you can join our global movement.

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PUSH: The Film

In cities all over the world, finding safe, affordable housing is becoming more and more difficult. At first glance you might think it's gentrification, but there's something much deeper at work.

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Global Homelessness Action

As of today, 150 million people around the world are living in homelessness. The Shift has collaborated with more than 30 organizations from 20 countries around the world to amplify the voices of people living in homelessness through the Global Homelessness Action. Help hold governments accountable by signing the petition today.

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Shift Cities

Our latest project aims to operationalize the right to housing at the local level in cities around the world.

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