{"id":17989,"date":"2013-02-01T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=17989"},"modified":"2013-02-03T11:44:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T19:44:47","slug":"addressing-housing-affordability-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/02\/01\/addressing-housing-affordability-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing the Issue of Housing Access and Affordability in Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us live in housing conditions that are less than ideal\u2014paying more than we can afford for housing that fails to meet our needs for a safe, healthy and adequate home.\u00a0The <a title=\"Housing Justice Canada\" href=\"http:\/\/www.housingjustice.ca\">Housing Justice Project<\/a>\u2014a UBC\/Community initiative\u2014is seeking input on the housing experiences of residents in Metro Vancouver.<\/p>\n<h2>Get Involved<\/h2>\n<p>They want to hear from you, so they are launching a survey at PlaceSpeak. \u00a0To take the survey please visit:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.placespeak.com\/HousingJustice\">www.placespeak.com\/HousingJustice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The survey will give researchers and community activists a clearer understanding of how issues of housing cost and quality affect individuals across the metro region. \u00a0It will help in the development of better affordable housing policies and strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Please go online to do the survey and help the project by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.placespeak.com\/invite\/\">encouraging others<\/a> to also do the survey.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>About the Housing Justice Project<\/h2>\n<p>The urgency of the crisis surrounding housing affordability and access across Canada, and in Vancouver in particular, is well-known. As of the 2006 Census, nearly one-quarter of Canadian households were spending 30 per cent or more of their gross income on housing.\u00a0The city of Vancouver was ranked in 2010 as the third worst in the world for homeownership affordability and\u00a0its\u00a0rental vacancy rates are among the lowest in Canada.\u00a0This crisis is complex and\u00a0results from many factors including: a rise in housing costs; a lack of appropriate government policy; too few new low-income rental units built; low rental vacancy rates; urban population growth; and income growth that has not kept pace with the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>Housing justice refers to the fair and just distribution of housing benefits in a society.\u00a0Access to affordable, safe and adequate housing is\u00a0key\u00a0to\u00a0an individual\u2019s\u00a0inclusion in the full rights and benefits of citizenship. \u00a0In a society marked by housing justice there would be a clear set of government programs, strategies and tax incentives to ensure that affordable housing is delivered and that housing benefits are distributed fairly between different segments of the population.<\/p>\n<p>The Housing Justice Project looks at issues around affordable and adequate housing for all. \u00a0The Project\u2019s focus is on Vancouver and involves three inter-related themes:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/housingjustice.ca\/streams\/public-engagement\/\">public engagement<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/housingjustice.ca\/streams\/policy-development\/\">policy development<\/a>, and<a href=\"http:\/\/housingjustice.ca\/streams\/legal-advocacy\/\"> legal advocacy<\/a>. The project\u2019s principal investigators are Penny\u00a0Gurstein and Margot Young from the University of British Columbia. \u00a0Funding for the project has been generously provided by the UBC Peter Wall Solutions Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Housing Justice Project please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.housingjustice.ca\/\">www.housingjustice.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<p>Penny Gurstein and Margot Young, Principal Investigators,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@housingjustice.ca\">info@housingjustice.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us live in housing conditions that are less than ideal\u2014paying more than we can afford for housing that fails to meet our needs for a safe, healthy and adequate home.\u00a0The Housing Justice Project\u2014a UBC\/Community initiative\u2014is seeking input on the housing experiences of residents in Metro Vancouver. 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