Welfare design outdated, counterproductive
by the National Council of Welfare
A new report from the National Council of Welfare (NCW) shows that welfare can be harder to get today than 20 years ago. This means more people were forced into destitution to qualify for welfare in 2009, when the recession's casualties were mounting. NCW Chairperson John Rook explained there is great variability across provinces, territories and individual situations, "but in general the combination of low asset limits, low earnings exemptions and low welfare rates - far below the poverty line - creates the perfect trap, especially for single people. The absence of shock absorbers and springs that help people help themselves is completely counterproductive."
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REPORTS
2010 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada: 1989 – 2010
by Campaign 2000
This report looks at the nation's most recent child and family poverty rate compared to 21 years ago, when Parliament unanimously resolved to end child poverty by 2000, and finds that 610,000 children and their families lived in poverty even before the recession hit.

 Hope is a Home: New Brunswick's Housing Strategy
by New Brunswick Housing Corporation
Most households are able to choose housing that is affordable and suitable to their needs. For those in housing need, the province works with other levels of government, as well as non-profit and private housing providers making various types of housing programs possible.

Time for Action: Working Together to End Poverty in Alberta
by Kolkman, J; Ahorro, J; Varlen, K; Moore-Kilgannon, B.
There is recognition around the world that we need to address poverty more effectively.In Canada, six provincial governments have now adopted strategies to reduce poverty and work is commencing in a seventh.

JOURNAL ARTICLES
Factors affecting housing-seeking difficulty for battered women: an investigation of racial discrimination and attitudes held by landlords
by Ghabrial, Monica; Barata, Paula
Because housing discrimination has also been found in studies regarding racial prejudice, this research was designed to investigate a potential interaction between the effects of racial discrimination and discrimination against battered women in housing-seeking.
Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at Guelph

Working Homeless Men in Calgary, Canada: Hegemony and Identity
by Milaney, Katrina; McIntyre, Lynn; Persaud, Steven
The report's findings suggest that efforts to address homelessness need to consider food needs related to accessible and adequate nutrition for sustaining work but also the ways in which working homeless men see themselves and view their homelessness as they navigate their day-to-day survival.
Journal of Human Organization

Issue 12 / December 14, 2010

Research Can Contribute to Ending Homelessness
Michael Shapcott is Director, Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at the Wellesley Institute, an independent, non-profit research and policy dedicated to advancing urban health.

Trends and Issues in Affordable Housing and Homelessness
This research reviews the trends related to housing and homelessness in 22 cities in Canada. This report points to the need to establish a strategy on housing and homelessness, which will address challenges, in order to provide adequate and affordable housing.

RESEARCH MATTERS BLOG
Policy, Public Perceptions, and Personal Engagement
by Abe Oudshoorn
"Housing first is a crucially important model for addressing homeless-ness. As mentioned recently by Stephen Gaetz, we need to shift the resources from managing homelessness to focusing on prevention and rapid rehousing. It has been said before, and I say it again, homelessness is a housing problem."

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