> New report shows who gets hurt most by Canada's housing crisis
>
>      OTTAWA, Nov. 21 /CNW Telbec/ - A detailed report on the almost
> 1.5 million Canadian households without acceptable housing shows that
> renters,
> new immigrants, lone parent families, young adults, the elderly, and
> Aboriginal households are hardest hit by the lack of affordable
> housing. The
> report, released today by the Co-operative Housing Federation of  
> Canada
> (CHF Canada), also shows the greatest housing need is in the three
> territories
> and in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Ontario.
>      "Behind the housing statistics are real people who pay the price
> for
> Canada's lack of affordable housing," said Nicholas Gazzard, Executive
> Director of CHF Canada. "This report tells us who those people are
> and where
> the problem is worst."
>      Written by economics researcher Will Dunning, the report,  
> entitled
> "Dimensions of Core Housing Need in Canada," looked at the most
> recent housing
> data (2001) from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. It uses the
> CHMC
> definition of "Core Housing Need," which considers a household to be
> in need
> if its housing falls below at least one of the standards of adequacy,
> suitability or affordability (costs more than 30% of before-tax
> household
> income).
>      Renters account for 68.1% of core housing need. Lone-parent
> families have
> a rate of 30%, double that of other Canadian households. Immigrants  
> have
> higher rate of need than non-immigrants; for those households who have
> recently arrived in Canada, the rate is triple that of non-
> immigrants. Rates
> are also high among those 15-24 and those over 75. Across Canada, the
> incidence of core housing need for Aboriginal households in 78%
> higher than
> that for non-Aboriginals.
>      "This report paints a human picture of why we need to maintain  
> the
> federal investment in community housing," said Sharon Chisholm,
> Executive
> Director of the Canadian Housing Renewal Association. "It's a first
> important
> step toward resolving the core housing need that affects so many
> Canadians."
>      The Dunning report indicates that affordability is the most  
> common
> difficulty in finding acceptable housing, with more than 89% of the
> 1.5 million households claiming it as a problem. In his report,  
> Dunning
> writes, "While the total housing need problem in Canada is quite
> large, Canada
> as a society can afford to address these problems."
>      The full text of the report and a backgrounder is available on
> the CHF
> Canada website at www.chfcanada.coop.
>
>      The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada is the national
> voice of
> the Canadian co-operative housing movement. Its 1030 members and
> associates
> include nearly 875 non-profit housing co-operatives as well as
> organizations
> that are closely linked with housing co-operatives.
>
>
> For further information: interviews and regional/provincial data :  
> Joan
> Weinman, (613) 294-5679

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