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Completed Phase I Projects
A comprehensive research agenda is part of the Government
of Canada's National Homelessness Initiative (NHI). Better research
will not only lay the foundation for understanding the root
causes of homelessness, but will also support future policy
development and serve as a resource for accountability and reporting
related to the NHI.
To learn more about the research projects funded through
the NHI, please review the project summaries below.
See a list of Ongoing Phase II Projects
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Shelter Costs and Income in Canada: Social and Geographic Dimensions
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Summary
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This report was prepared to
provide background information on the nature and extent of the risk of
homelessness in Canadian society. While the immediate causes of homelessness
for individuals reflect specific events and personal circumstances in which
mental illness, alcohol and drug addiction and loss of social support play
significant roles, the conditions in housing markets which produce limited
supply and high prices for low quality housing also increase the likelihood of
individuals experiencing homelessness. The underlying premise of the report is
that declining affordability of housing is an indicator of a higher risk
environment for the occurrence of homelessness.
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Authors
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E. Moore & A. Skaburskis
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Executive Summary
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Link to executive summary
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Status
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Completed
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Households at Risk of Homelessness: Distributional Patterns within
Eleven Canadian Metropolitan Regions
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Summary
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The analytical findings of
the report are designed to identify where, within metropolitan areas,
households at greatest risk of homelessness reside. Secondary purposes are to
compare and contrast the spatial distributions of such households between
different urban places and, within each metropolitan area, to compare the
spatial distributions associated with different types of households at risk of
homelessness. Data analysed in this report was derived almost exclusively from
Statistics Canada's published census tabulations disaggregated to the level of
census tracts.
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Authors
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Trudi E. Bunting, Pierre Filion and R. Alan Walks
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Executive Summary
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Link to executive summary
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Status
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Completed
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