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Social Housing in the Context of Rural Depopulation
Author(s): David Bruce, Tom Carter, Ed Starr
Publication Date: 2005
Social housing stock in some areas of rural Canada has high vacancy rates due to depopulation of these communities. One issues arising from this situation is the financial viability of these projects. With vacancies in some rural communities and waiting lists for social housing in many urban communities it is also important to address questions of best use of housing projects with vacancies as well as how to determine the location of future socia...
Panhandling in Winnipeg: Legislation Versus Support Services
Author(s): John Osborne, Tom Carter, Anita Friesen, Chesya Polevychok
Publication Date: 2007
Panhandling, the act of stopping people on the street or in public or private spaces to ask for food or money, has long been part of the urban environment.  The activity generates various reactions from people: some see it as a sign of poverty and lack of services including affordable housing for marginalized groups. Others view it as having a negative effect on businesses. Some perceive panhandling to be the outcome of alcohol  and substance abu...
Enhancing Delivery Models and New Partnerships
Author(s): Tom Carter, Mechyslava Polevychok
Publication Date: 2006
Changes to accommodate these trends and circumstances have resulted in new delivery models and program practices. These new models and program practices are best characterized by those used under the National Homelessness Initiative (NHI) and the Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI). This paper will examine models and best practices under these initiatives with a view to how they might be improved to ensure more effective delivery...
Why Do Panhandlers Panhandle in Winnipeg?
Author(s): Tom Carter, Chesya Polevychok, Anita Friesen, John Osborne
Publication Date: 2007
This Research Highlight draws on the findings of interviews with 75 panhandlers conducted for the study Panhandling In Winnipeg: Legislation vs. Support Services1. It presents an account of key reasons for panhandling provided by interview participants. The larger study also examines methods and nature of panhandling, geographic distribution of the activity in the city; the way panhandlers spend their money, their housing circumstances and their...
Winnipeg's Inner City in 2001
Author(s): Tom Carter, Chesya Polevychok, Kurt Sargent
Publication Date: 2003
The following brief Research Highlight illustrates some of the important characteristics that differentiate Winnipeg's inner city from the non-inner city and the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA).