Download or read book Affordable Housing in Canada's Urban Communities written by Sharon Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Privy Council Office created an internal task force on urban communities in 2002 to compile and present a strategically useful profile of federal programs and services in Canada's urban communities, to develop a targeted research agenda for assessing the impact of federal policies and programs on urban communities and to guide the development of a strategy in support of the government's agenda. Affordable housing is an identified priority issue in the context of targeted research on social cohesion, inclusion and diversity, and sustainable environment and urban infrastructure. This literature review is intended to identify issues with respect to urban affordable housing and will complement research into other topic areas and facilitate discussion on linkages between housing and other social, economic and environmental issues of concern to Canada's urban centres. This review is the first phase of a broader planned study on affordable housing. The goals of the overall study are to: identify and analyze current key issues and challenges facing Canadian urban communities in the field of affordable housing; provide an overview of the Government of Canada's current and historic role in the affordable housing sector; and identify best practices and successful models of affordable housing policy and provision in Canada's urban communities.