Home Truths - Fixing Canada's Housing Crisis

List of contents

Introduction
1 What Is a Home?
2 How Did We Get in This Mess?
3 Who's in Charge?
4 Who Needs What Homes Where, at What Cost?
5 Can Canada End Homelessness?
6 Why Start with NonMarket Housing?
7 Can Housing Become Abundant Again?
8 How Can Renters Have the Same Rights As Owners?
9 Is There a Future for Affordable Home Ownership?
10 Who Should Pay?
11 What Can We Do?
Appendix; Notes; Index

About the author

Carolyn Whitzman is a leading housing and senior policy researcher. She helped develop the Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) project based at the University of British Columbia. She has authored, coauthored, or lead-edited six previous books, the most recent being Clara at the Door with a Revolver. She has undertaken research for the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa, and many other organizations. She lives in Ottawa.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Whitzman
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2024
• EAN: 9780774890700
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-9070-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 430 g
• Illustrations: 16 b&w photos, 7 graphs, 5 illus., 4 tables
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning