- Housing is a human right is an 8.5 x 11 inch print of an original digital illustration by Montreal artist Tricia Robinson. It is digitally printed on matte card stock. The item you receive is a physical item. This listing is for the print only and the item DOES NOT come framed. - It's not optional to ignore the housing crisis. We see Canadian and Quebec pension, labour union $$$, individual RRSPs, goddamn even homeless youth orgs ALL tied up into real estate and REITs. It's happening in our neighborhoods, across the globe. People are dying for lost and stolen housing and always in the name of and the deep rooted insatiable desire for profit. For profit housing is a stain on our world, on our society, and even culturally in our way of thinking. It's so engrained to justify actions of landlords in the name of the economy, as if it's a job and not a risk investment. A fantasy that out of any investment, this is the only one where profit stays consistent. Justifying building real estate empires off the backs of vulnerable tenants, the working class and impoverish, and displacing them is an ENTITLEMENT. As if it's their RIGHT. It has gone as far as personifying exploitative developer and property management companies as if they are TOO just an individual trying to get their bread and butter on the table. Our governments have pension money tied up in private real estate - there is no incentive to admit there is crisis and take action beyond performative legislation that takes years to implement. No institution wants to take suitable action when the end result means they financially lose. We need direct action now and we need to show up for ourselves, our neighbours, and children who ultimately will be handed off this steaming pile once we're done with it. What can we do to help? Find the housing activist groups in your neighbourhood, in your city, and in your province/state/whatever. There are people on the ground fighting hard and have been for a long time. They need more hands, more voices, more solidarity and more money. Share your resources, share your precious time. Let's protect each other. We deserve this ❤️ - If you like this pro-union art, check out other work by Tricia Robinson here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/triciarobinsonshop/?section_id=15771857 - Signed on the back by the artist, Tricia Robinson. - Shipped from Montreal, Quebec Canada. When shipped, the print is safely packaged with a recycled hard protective backing and sealed envelope. All prints are sent via regular mail to keep the cost affordable. If you require a different type of shipping, please contact me! - Most of my prints are either digitally illustrated, or illustrated by hand and altered in photoshop. What you see in the image is the digital file of the print before it gets printed. Keep in mind the colour may vary due to different types of monitors. - Follow me on Facebook for updates, contests and promos: https://www.facebook.com/triciarobinsonillustration - Favourite the print or the shop and share with friends if you like it.