Addressing Homelessness in Canada
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Running head: POLITICAL ECONOMY Political EconomyName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1POLITICAL ECONOMY Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Homelessness in Canada..................................................................................................................3Degree of homelessness...............................................................................................................3Causes of homelessness in Canada..............................................................................................4Right to Adequate Housing in Canada........................................................................................6Potential Measures to prevent homelessness in Canada..............................................................8Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9References......................................................................................................................................10
2POLITICAL ECONOMY Introduction The global economy and social patterns have experienced huge dynamics with time andhave changed significantly with respect to economic growth, development, and social welfareparameters. Over the years, few countries have emerged as prominent players in the globaleconomy and have shown significantly impressive traits in terms of progress in economic, social,political as well as human welfare domains. Canada has been one such country (Schneider pp. 5-7). In the recent few decades, Canada has shown significant progress in the overallframework and currently ranks tenth in the world in terms of nominal GDP. The real estateindustry being the most dominant sector, the country also is one of the largest exporters ofnatural gas and petroleum on one hand and also has a flourishing manufacturing sector on theother hand (Gilpin). However, the country, in the last few decades has been experiencing a critical issue oflack of affordable housing facilities and a resulting problem of homelessness. Much of this canbe attributed to the economic prosperity of the country and a consequent increase in thepopulation as well as standard of living of the residents of the country in general, which in turnhas lead to increase in the demand for housing (Gaetz, Gulliver and Richter). The essay tries toshed light on this issue of immense concern in the scenario of Canada, emphasizing on theaspects of government regulation, market forces and the legal framework in the domain ofadequate housing.
3POLITICAL ECONOMY Homelessness in Canada One of the primary social issues faced by the governing authorities of Canada is theconsistently increasing problem of homelessness in the country. According to the empiricalevidences, in the current periods, more than 200,000 residents in the country have to facehomelessness and at least 150,000 of the residents are compelled to use homeless shelters at anygiven point of time (Patrick). There is also another complicated phenomenon occurring in thiscountry, which can be termed as “Hidden Homelessness”. This, by the definition of the term,refers to those Canadians who cannot afford to have their own homes and have to stay with theirrelatives or friends. In this aspect it is important to emphasize on the statistics regarding thehomelessness in the country which is elaborated in the following section (Crawley et al. pp. 674-680). Degree of homelessness Homelessness being one of the most chronic problems in the country as a whole, theproblem is however, more acute in case of certain sectors of the population, specifically in caseof single adults lying in the age group of 25 to 55 years, who account for nearly 47.5% of thetotal homelessness in the country. 20% of all the homeless people in the country comprises ofyouth, with the problem being more acute in the cases of transgender and different sexuallyoriented people. The aboriginals of the country are also highly vulnerable to this issue ofhomelessness, with their problem expanding even more with time (Evenson and Carolann). Homelessness in the country, however, is of different types, depending upon the nature,tenure and extent of homelessness, which, with respect to the scenario in Canada, can beelaborated as follows:
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