Publications

Living 40+

A strategy for placing decent, affordable housing within the reach of financially marginalized non-elderly single women.

Prepared by
Harriet Reid and Penny Carruthers
April 2004

Introduction and Overview

Living 40+ was a research project funded through the Cooperatives Secretariat. Its objective was to produce a research document that would become the basis of a co-operative model and business plan defining an acquisition and sustainability strategy for placing decent, affordable housing within the reach of financially marginalized non-elderly single women. The three areas of focus for the research were to:

• Facilitate access to decent affordable housing on an ownership, rental, or rent to own basis;
• Reduce and reverse the effects of poverty with supportive programs;
• Build capacity in the community through the perpetuation of the co-op model in a phased approach.

This research has been beneficial in serving as preparation for a strategy to provide decent affordable housing for non-elderly single women in Moncton. The highlights of the research include:

• an inventory of affordable housing in Moncton,
• questionnaires for focus groups on housing and supportive program needs
• contacts with potential partners in Moncton
• contacts with researchers and officials in Family and Community Services-Housing