Housing and aboriginal people in urban centres: a quantitative evaluation

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dc.contributor.authorBelanger, Yale D.
dc.contributor.authorWeasel Head, Gabrielle
dc.contributor.authorAwosoga, Olu A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-30T18:35:26Z
dc.date.available2019-05-30T18:35:26Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionOpen access article. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) applies.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the current state of urban Aboriginal housing in Canada, by providing an up-to-date mapping of national urban Aboriginal housing conditions. This paper demonstrates that home ownership helps to reduce the gap between mainstream and Aboriginal rates of core housing need, for Aboriginal renters are substantially worse off than their non-Aboriginal counterparts in terms of core housing need and overcrowding. Métis and Non-Status Indians are also more likely to become homeowners than Status Indians and Inuit. A cyclical process is identified that hinders urban Aboriginal homeownership, and home rental advancement is also discussed. Existing federal housing programs are inadequate to address the housing and homeless issues identified. We highlight the need to establish proactive policies, the goal being to facilitate individual transition into urban centres, thereby helping to ameliorate existing housing disparities.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationBelanger, Y. D., Weasel Head, G., Awosoga, O. (2012). Housing and Aboriginal people in urban centres: A quantitative evaluation. Aboriginal Policy Studies, 2(1), 4-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5663/aps.v2i1.17705
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5376
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Albertaen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Native American Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/aps/article/view/17705
dc.subjectIndigenous peoples -- Urban residence -- North Americaen_US
dc.subjectHousing disparitiesen_US
dc.subjectHome ownership rates
dc.subjectHousing programs
dc.subject.lcshIndigenous peoples -- Housing -- North America
dc.subject.lcshHome ownership--Research--Canada
dc.subject.lcshHome ownership--Canada--Statistics
dc.titleHousing and aboriginal people in urban centres: a quantitative evaluationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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