Homelessness : how to end the national crisis
Jack Layton (Author), Michael Shapcott
Twenty years ago, the United Nations praised Canada for its visionary housing policies. Now, in the early twenty-first century, homelessness has reached disaster proportions. How could Canada slip so quickly from being a global leader in housing programs to being the focus of increasingly sharp criticism? In its most recent review of housing in Canada, in October 2007, the United Nations referred to Canada's affordable housing crisis and homelessness as a "national emergency." Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party and one of this country's leading experts on housing issues, addresses the crisis from its roots in the dismantling of our national housing program in the early 1990s. Combining rigorous research, compelling personal anecdotes and timely analysis from social scientists, economists, mayors, clergy and the homeless themselves, Homelessness offers insight and proactive solutions to a national crisis--from back cover
Print Book, English, 2008
Penguin Canada, Toronto, 2008