House, Home, and Community: Progress in Housing Canadians, 1945 -1986The contributors identify important considerations for evaluating the current and future housing situation, clarify housing research issues and priorities, and indicate emergent policy issues. The essays are divided into six sections: economic, demographic, and institutional factors underlying the postwar demand for housing; principal aspects of the supply side of housing, including housing finance, technology, and regulation; housing-stock growth and changes in housing quality; the balance of supply and demand in terms of adequacy, suitability, and affordability; the changing settlement environment; and lessons, challenges, and issues for the future. The book also contains valuable summaries of housing policy initiatives undertaken between 1945 and 1986. An essential reference document on urban housing and city development in the postwar period in Canada, House, Home, and Community will be valuable to academics, planners, professionals, and students with interests related to housing. |
Contents
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2 Demographic and Economic Factors in Housing Demand | 22 |
3 Incomes Prices and Tenure Choice | 41 |
4 New Forms of Owning and Renting | 64 |
5 The Suppliers of Housing | 76 |
6 Financing of Postwar Housing | 94 |
7 Regulation and the Cost of Housing | 110 |
14 Postwar Social and Economic Changes and Housing Adequacy | 239 |
15 The Affordability of Housing in Postwar Canada | 257 |
16 The Changing Settlement Environment of Housing | 271 |
17 Neighbourhood Differentiation and Social Change | 289 |
18 Social Mix Housing Tenure and Community Development | 308 |
19 Housing and Community Development Policies | 320 |
20 The Supply of Housing in Resource Towns in Canada | 339 |
21 Lessons Learned From Canadas Postwar Housing Experience | 353 |
8 Building Technology and the Production Process | 136 |
9 Net Changes in Canadas Postwar Housing Stock | 155 |
10 Measuring Transitions in the Housing Stock | 173 |
11 Housing Form and Use of Domestic Space | 188 |
12 Substandard Housing | 203 |
Accommodating Special Needs | 220 |
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