by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Nov 11, 2014
Highlights On the primary purpose-built rental market, the average rental apartment vacancy rate in Canada’s 35 major centres1 increased slightly, to 2.7 per cent in October 2013, from 2.6 per cent in October 2012. The average rent for two-bedroom units was $920 in...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Oct 27, 2014
First Nations Housing Crisis at a Glance
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Oct 27, 2014
First Nations Housing Crisis at a Glance
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Oct 27, 2014
First Nations Housing Crisis at a Glance In 2005 there was an estimated back log of 80,000 units on-reserve. In a March 2012 report, AANDC estimates that between “2010-2031 a need for 130,197 new units to accommodate household and family growth, 11,855 replacement...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Oct 22, 2014
Violence from intimate partners is a serious reality for a number of women. For some abused women, leaving becomes a path to homelessness. In fact, when abused women and their children leave their homes because of partner abuse, they become homeless even if they...