Download or read book Home Insecurity The State of Social Housing Funding in BC written by John Irwin and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2004 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HOME INSECURITY The State of Social Housing Funding in BC by John Irwin AUGUST 2004 Home Insecurity: The State of Social Housing Funding in BC By John Irwin August 2004 ISBN 0-88627-375-7 $10 ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Irwin is a researcher with the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. [...] Key findings: Social housing in BC is being transformed by a The BC government has abandoned the provision shift away from affordable housing for those on a of new social housing at a time with the demand low income to assisted living for those with health for affordable housing is rising. [...] BC Housing is the provincial agency that manages these funds for social housing, and rent supplement programs (see the box "What is social housing?" in the summary for a discussion of the differences between rent supplements and social housing). [...] Home Insecurity: The State of Social Housing Funding in BC 7 The State of Social Housing Funding in BC Affordable housing as a shell game The new BC government, in 2001, remained committed to some of the social housing projects announced by its predecessor, but put an end to funding new social housing for those in economic need. [...] The only other new social housing to be built in BC is largely municipally-driven-100 units in the Woodward's re-development in 2006/07,8 250 units that may be built in the 2010 Olympics athletes' village in Southeast False Creek,9 and a number of homeless-at-risk units.10 In stark contrast to the winding down of the Provincial Housing Program, the government will provide 3,500 assisted living uni.
Download or read book Small Cities Big Issues written by Christopher Walmsley and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small Canadian cities confront serious social issues as a result of the neoliberal economic restructuring practiced by both federal and provincial governments since the 1980s. Drastic spending reductions and ongoing restraint in social assistance, income supports, and the provision of affordable housing, combined with the offloading of social responsibilities onto municipalities, has contributed to the generalization of social issues once chiefly associated with Canada’s largest urban centres. As the investigations in this volume illustrate, while some communities responded to these issues with inclusionary and progressive actions others were more exclusionary and reactive—revealing forms of discrimination, exclusion, and “othering” in the implementation of practices and policies. Importantly, however their investigations reveal a broad range of responses to the social issues they face. No matter the process and results of the proposed solutions, what the contributors uncovered were distinctive attributes of the small city as it struggles to confront increasingly complex social issues. If local governments accept a social agenda as part of its responsibilities, the contributors to Small Cities, Big Issues believe that small cities can succeed in reconceiving community based on the ideals of acceptance, accommodation, and inclusion.
Download or read book BC Solutions Budget 2005 written by and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2005 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real brunt of the cuts has been borne by the most economically and socially vulnerable people in the province. [...] The real brunt of the cuts has Second, we need to invest in the people and infrastructure of the been borne by the most province to address unmet needs and a growing social deficit. [...] And we fear that the NDP (like the Liberals) are refusing to entertain a reversal of upper-income tax cuts and the need to reinvest in public services. [...] In addition to this, we have made the following updates not included in the recent quarterly reports: • New funding out of the September federal-provincial health accord does not appear in the most recent quarterly update, and has been added to federal transfers on the revenue side and to the health care budget on the expenditure side (i.e. [...] The 2002/03 deficit of $2.7 billion (prior to a major This finding underpins the need accounting adjustment) topped the previous record by the Socred government in 1991/92 of a $2.3 billion deficit (although as a to re-invest in the public sector.
Download or read book Home Remedies written by George Fallis and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of a series of volumes on reforming Canadian social policy, this volume offers a compilation of essays discussing various aspects of Canadian housing policy. The essays examine the potential role of federal social housing policy within a major reform of Canada's social security system; the issue of affordable housing at an affordable social cost, including the role of nonprofit social housing, municipal zoning, and secondary suites; lessons to be learned from Ontario's housing policy regarding rent controls, housing subsidies, and private sector housing development; the concept of urban villages; and the finding of common ground among the various interest groups within the housing sector.
Download or read book A Home in the Welfare State written by Ella Rockar and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The project fills a gap in the literature on social housing policies and their connection to the welfare state and constellations of power in society. The project is theoretically informed by welfare state and urban theory. A comparative-historical case study approach is used to investigate the relationship between social housing, as conceptualized as a feature of the broader welfare state, and neoliberalization in Canada and Denmark. The research questions of the project are: 1) To what extent have Canadian and Danish social housing policies faced retrenchment during the global political economic period of neoliberalization? (2) In a comparative perspective, how have social housing policies and their retrenchment affected housing inequality in Canada and Denmark? (3) To what extent can research on social housing policies, framed in a welfare state perspective, offer useful theoretical innovation and opportunities for future research? The project contributes to the community of scholars by providing a thorough comparative history of social housing policies, as well as by offering new theorizing to link welfare state and urban studies research. In terms of its implications for society, the project connects the welfare state, social housing, and coalition building to aid in arguing a state responsibility to provide citizens with adequate and affordable housing. With housing pressure mounting and poverty deepening in urban centres around the world, this thorough analysis of the connection between housing and neoliberalization is crucial.
Download or read book Building Capacity written by Laura Climenko Johnson and published by Condition féminine Canada. This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines whether affordable housing development & provision can be used to increase skill levels & employability for low-income women. It first reviews the literature relating housing & employment to increased self-sufficiency and presents an inventory of international & Canadian initiatives that combine housing & employment, arranged by cases according to the following categories: housing as a stable environment for supportive services; job training or employment in housing rehabilitation, management, or related services; and job training & housing assistance as part of comprehensive community revitalization. From the Canadian initiatives, ten case studies are studied in more depth. The studies use qualitative research involving personal interviews with program managers & residents who had participated in housing-based employment support programs. The case study data are supplemented with data from focus groups of social housing residents, housing providers, and representatives from organizations working with women's employment & training programs. Findings from the interviews & focus groups are presented and overall conclusions are reached based on the data collected.
Download or read book Analyse de Politiques written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book B C Invests 27 4M in Housing for Homeless in Victoria written by British Columbia. Ministry of Housing and Social Development and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Routines and Rituals written by Barbara H. Fiese and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While family life has conspicuously changed in the past fifty years, it would be a mistake to conclude that family routines and rituals have lost their meaning. In this book Barbara H. Fiese, a clinical and developmental psychologist, examines how the practices of diverse family routines and the meanings created through rituals have evolved to meet the demands of today’s busy families. She discusses and integrates various research literatures and draws on her own studies to show how family routines and rituals influence physical and mental health, translate cultural values, and may even be used therapeutically. Looking at a range of family activities from bedtime stories to special holiday meals, Fiese relates such occasions to significant issues including parenting competence, child adjustment, and relational well-being. She concludes by underscoring the importance of flexible approaches to family time to promote healthier families and communities.
Download or read book The Role of Public private Partnerships in Funding Social Housing in Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book No Home in a Homeland written by Julia Christensen and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dene, a traditionally nomadic people, have no word for homelessness, a rare condition in the Canadian North prior to the 1990s. In No Home in a Homeland, Julia Christensen documents the rise of Indigenous homelessness and argues that this alarming trend will continue so long as policy makers continue to ignore northern perspectives and root causes, which lie deep in the region’s colonial past. Christensen interweaves analysis of the region’s unique history with the personal stories of people living homeless in two cities – Yellowknife and Inuvik. These individual and collective narratives tell a larger story of displacement and exclusion, residential schools and family breakdown, addiction and poor mental health, poverty and unemployment, and urbanization and institutionalization. But they also tell a story of hope and renewal. Understanding what it means to be homeless in the North and how Indigenous people think about home and homemaking is the first step, Christensen argues, on the path to decolonizing existing approaches and practices.
Download or read book In Defense of Housing written by Peter Marcuse and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it? Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentrification. And the benefits of decent housing are only available for those who can afford it. In Defense of Housing is the definitive statement on this crisis from leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. They look at the causes and consequences of the housing problem and detail the need for progressive alternatives. The housing crisis cannot be solved by minor policy shifts, they argue. Rather, the housing crisis has deep political and economic roots—and therefore requires a radical response.
Download or read book Affordable Housing Solutions written by Deborah Kraus and published by The Corporation. This book was released on 1999 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents 15 innovative approaches being used by non-profit and co-operative housing groups across Canada to create housing that meets the needs of low to moderate income households, as well as housing that allows provision of services to households with special needs in a way that may cost fewer government dollars than development through previous programs. Key factors involved in the success of individual projects are also discussed. The case studies include examples of approaches involving non-profit rental, life leases, ownership housing, guaranteed equity ownership, strata title equity co-operatives, rental co-operatives, co-operative housing, and creation of a development fund.
Download or read book Community Benefits of Supportive Housing written by British Columbia Housing Management Commission. Research Centre and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Affordable Housing Opens Doors written by BC Housing and published by [Burnaby] : BC Housing. This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shelter written by Gordon Laird and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 3870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available online via SciVerse ScienceDirect, or in print for a limited time only, The International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Seven Volume Set is the first international reference work for housing scholars and professionals, that uses studies in economics and finance, psychology, social policy, sociology, anthropology, geography, architecture, law, and other disciplines to create an international portrait of housing in all its facets: from meanings of home at the microscale, to impacts on macro-economy. This comprehensive work is edited by distinguished housing expert Susan J. Smith, together with Marja Elsinga, Ong Seow Eng, Lorna Fox O'Mahony and Susan Wachter, and a multi-disciplinary editorial team of 20 world-class scholars in all. Working at the cutting edge of their subject, liaising with an expert editorial advisory board, and engaging with policy-makers and professionals, the editors have worked for almost five years to secure the quality, reach, relevance and coherence of this work. A broad and inclusive table of contents signals (or tesitifes to) detailed investigation of historical and theoretical material as well as in-depth analysis of current issues. This seven-volume set contains over 500 entries, listed alphabetically, but grouped into seven thematic sections including methods and approaches; economics and finance; environments; home and homelessness; institutions; policy; and welfare and well-being. Housing professionals, both academics and practitioners, will find The International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home useful for teaching, discovery, and research needs. International in scope, engaging with trends in every world region The editorial board and contributors are drawn from a wide constituency, collating expertise from academics, policy makers, professionals and practitioners, and from every key center for housing research Every entry stands alone on its merits and is accessed alphabetically, yet each is fully cross-referenced, and attached to one of seven thematic categories whose ‘wholes' far exceed the sum of their parts
