The Role of Non-Profit Housing in Canada and the United States: Some Comparisons
Description:
This article reviews the nature of the dissimilar low-income housing policy paths, documenting the role of federal housing policy in the evolution of a significant nonprofit "third sector" in Canada's housing system; the decision of the U.S. federal government to rely on the private sector for subsidized rental supply; and, with very little help from the federal government, the "bottom-up" attempt to develop a nonprofit housing sector in communities throughout the United States. In Canada, a permanent stock of good-quality, nonprofit social housing was created along with a growing and increasingly competent community-based housing development sector. (excerpt from the document)
Type of Resource:
Journal
Publication Date:
1993
Volume:
4
Issue:
1
Pages:
43-80
Location:
Canada; US