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No Vacancy High Rent. Low Vacancy. Growing Homelessness Gurstein, Penny; LaRocque, Erin; MacDonald, Robert J.

Abstract

In 2016, No Vacancy: Affordability and Homelessness in Vancouver provided a point in time snapshot of the growing affordability crisis within the City of Vancouver. By examining structural factors such as vacancy rates at low-end-of-market, cost of average rent, available income, cost of living, social housing built, and rent supplements provided, No Vacancy concluded that within the then-current environment, “homelessness [would] continue to grow without addressing these key structural issues.”1 The most recent point-in-time homeless counts, along with updated data on vacancy rates throughout Metro Vancouver suggest this to be the case. Low-income families, specifically single-parent families, are faced with a stagnant supply of affordable housing options and low vacancy rates, contributing to an increasing level of unaffordability. Due to this reality, much of this report focuses on the challenges low-income families encounter when trying to secure appropriate housing. With the crisis spreading, calling Metro Vancouver home is only getting harder.

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No Vacancy High Rent. Low Vacancy. Growing Homelessness
Creator
Gurstein, Penny; LaRocque, Erin; MacDonald, Robert J.
Date Issued
2018
Description
In 2016, No Vacancy: Affordability and Homelessness in Vancouver provided a point in time snapshot of the growing affordability crisis within the City of Vancouver. By examining structural factors such as vacancy rates at low-end-of-market, cost of average rent, available income, cost of living, social housing built, and rent supplements provided, No Vacancy concluded that within the then-current environment, “homelessness [would] continue to grow without addressing these key structural issues.”1 The most recent point-in-time homeless counts, along with updated data on vacancy rates throughout Metro Vancouver suggest this to be the case. Low-income families, specifically single-parent families, are faced with a stagnant supply of affordable housing options and low vacancy rates, contributing to an increasing level of unaffordability. Due to this reality, much of this report focuses on the challenges low-income families encounter when trying to secure appropriate housing. With the crisis spreading, calling Metro Vancouver home is only getting harder.
Geographic Location
Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)
Genre
Report
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-06-12
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0379404
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/70615
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Non UBC; Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
Citation
Gurstein, P., LaRocque, E., and MacDonald, R. J. (2018). No vacancy 2.0: high rent, low vacancy, growing homelessness. Retrieved from Union Gospel Mission website: https://www.ugm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NoVacancy-2018.pdf
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Undergraduate; Other
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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