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Graffiti of homeless in Quebec City. Homelessness in Canada was not a social problem until the 1980s. [1] The Canadian government housing policies and programs in place throughout the 1970s were based on a concept of shelter as a basic need or requirement for survival and of the obligation of government and society to provide adequate housing for everyone.
In collaboration with the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, the COH (then CHRN) released the State of Homelessness in Canada in 2013, what they call the first national report card on homelessness in Canada. The report card stated that 30,000 Canadians are homeless every day, 200,000 in any given year. [6]
The ethnic spread of homeless people in Vancouver is unequal, with Indigenous people and those of European descent making up a large portion of the homeless. Indigenous people make up about 30 percent of Vancouver's homeless population while only comprising 2 percent of the total population of Greater Vancouver, and only 8 percent of the total ...
The number of homeless people I see in New York City and the limited amount of low-cost housing there convince me that homelessness is an unsolvable problem. But maybe not.
Housing crises can contribute to homelessness and housing insecurity. They are difficult to address, because they are a complex "web of problems and dysfunctions" with many contributing factors, [1] but generally result from housing costs rising faster than household income. [2] [3] [4]
Homelessness in Tarrant County spiked about 50 percent from 2021 to 2022. About 43 percent of those experiencing homelessness were Black. Why did homelessness skyrocket in 2022?
A Nanos survey found in 2020 that 72% of Canadians believed it was urgent to work toward ending homelessness in Canada. [1] A 2020 report from the Wellesley Institute argues that there were disproportionately higher rates of evictions in Black neighborhoods, and that Black residents were among the worst hit by COVID-19. [ 2 ]
The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, which federal officials attribute to a rising number of asylum seekers, lack of affordable housing and natural disasters. The U.S ...