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Left out? Housing insecurity for one‐person, low‐income, non‐senior households in Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Author(s) -
LevitenReid Catherine,
Parker Brenda
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/cag.12459
Subject(s) - cape , renting , welfare , state (computer science) , job insecurity , population , rental housing , colonialism , welfare state , politics , economic growth , demographic economics , political science , sociology , economics , demography , market economy , electrical engineering , algorithm , computer science , law , sense (electronics) , engineering
Key Messages Low‐income, one‐person, non‐senior households experience significant housing insecurity and homelessness in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. This population has limited income and job opportunities and faces lower levels of assistance and fewer rental housing options. This is a result of changing economic and social geographies, a gendered and colonial welfare state that has focused on “deserving” families, a neoliberal political economy, and neoliberal discourses.