11-11-2025, 03:23 PM
‘I want to be optimistic’: New film by UW prof explores solutions to housing crisis
A free screening of “Thinking Beyond the Market” will take place in Waterloo on Nov. 16.
At the heart of a new documentary film on housing lies a key question: What kind of housing are we building, and for whom?
“If we think of the dual roles that housing has in our society, it is shelter — and a basic human right — but it’s also a speculative commodity from which to make money,” said Brian Doucet, an associate professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo.
“Simply put, it cannot succeed at both.”
Doucet’s new feature-length documentary, “Thinking Beyond the Market,” takes a cross-Canada look at solutions that can put housing in the hands of those who need it the most.
A free screening of “Thinking Beyond the Market” will take place in Waterloo on Nov. 16.
At the heart of a new documentary film on housing lies a key question: What kind of housing are we building, and for whom?
“If we think of the dual roles that housing has in our society, it is shelter — and a basic human right — but it’s also a speculative commodity from which to make money,” said Brian Doucet, an associate professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo.
“Simply put, it cannot succeed at both.”
Doucet’s new feature-length documentary, “Thinking Beyond the Market,” takes a cross-Canada look at solutions that can put housing in the hands of those who need it the most.