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May 24, 2026Open Access

Housing as commons: sites of struggle and possibility

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This analysis reveals how financialization and privatization exacerbate housing struggles in urban centers, highlighting urgent issues.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how neoliberal capitalism impacts housing through financialization and privatization, leading to inequalities and forced displacement.
  • Qualitative analysis of the effects of financialization on real estate and housing.
  • Examination of policies regarding social housing and rent controls.
  • Discussion of historical and contemporary case studies on housing struggles.
  • Financialization has severely restricted affordable housing ownership.
  • Privatization and dismantling of rent controls have increased housing precariousness.
  • Urban displacement of low-income populations due to commodified housing markets.

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Human Sciences Research Council (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a12961548a0ea16656728bbhttps://doi.org/10.14749/32361417
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