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POOR HOUSING [10 records]

Record 1 2026-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Urban Housing
CONT

Homelessness encompasses a range of different living circumstances and includes unsheltered persons living on the streets, emergency sheltered individuals accessing homeless shelters, provisionally accommodated persons living in transitional housing or institutional contexts and those who are at risk of homelessness due to financial circumstances and/or the poor quality of their housing.

OBS

provisionally accommodated: This describes situations in which people, who are technically homeless and without permanent shelter, access accommodation that offers no prospect of permanence. Those who are provisionally accommodated may be accessing temporary housing provided by government or the non-profit sector, or may have independently made arrangements for short-term accommodation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
CONT

Personnes logées provisoirement. Cette catégorie décrit les situations dans lesquelles des gens, qui sont en théorie sans abri et qui n'ont pas de refuge permanent, accèdent à un hébergement qui n'offre pas de possibilités de permanence. Les personnes logées provisoirement peuvent accéder à des logements temporaires fournis par le gouvernement ou par le secteur sans but lucratif, ou prendront des mesures indépendantes pour accéder à un hébergement à court terme.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
  • Social Problems
CONT

There are many reasons why people become homeless : losing your job; family break-up; family violence; mental illness; poor physical health; substance use; physical, sexual or emotional abuse – to name just a few. But, the defining reason is the loss of housing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

[…] la toxicomanie ou la consommation de substances est la raison la plus souvent citée pour expliquer la perte de logement.

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

[Evangel Hall Mission is] an inner-city mission whose purpose is to build community with poor, homeless and socially isolated people in Toronto through support, housing, services and advocacy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symposium Titles
  • Urban Housing
OBS

Organized by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements; Habitat in co-operation with the Governments of Finland and Sweden; 1983.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de symposiums
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de simposios
  • Viviendas (Urbanismo)
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Record 5 1996-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
  • Urban Housing
OBS

Video produced by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Don’t let poor client relations jeopardize your business. This lively video features a renovator and client working through the job-a step-by-step guide to a good working partnership with your clients. Great tips for homeowners hiring a renovator, too!

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
OBS

Vidéo produite par la Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement. Ne laissez pas de médiocres relations avec la clientèle compromettre l'avenir de votre entreprise. Cette excellente vidéo met en scène un rénovateur et son client au cours de travaux de rénovation et vous apprend, étape par étape, à établir de bonnes relations avec vos clients. Elle offre d'excellents conseils pour le propriétaire-occupant qui engage un rénovateur!

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

To provide housing and a suitable environment for the rural poor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 7 1987-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

... "homes for special care" means nursing homes, hostels for indigent transients, homes for the aged, poor houses, alms houses, and hostels facilities provided for the aged within housing projects constructed under the National Housing Act.(Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, National Housing Act, 1956, c. 26, s. 4, Chapter U-1)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
DEF

(...) établissement de bien-être (...) d'un genre prescrit, aux fins [du Régime d'Assistance publique du Canada] à titre de foyer de soins spéciaux (...) mais ne comprend ni un hôpital, ni un établissement correctionnel, ni un établissement dont le principal objet est l'enseignement à l'exception de la partie d'un hôpital utilisée à titre d'établissement résidentiel de bien-être social (...) (Statuts révisés du Canada, 1970, Régime d'assistance publique du Canada, 1966-67, c. 45, art. 1)

OBS

Équivalent adopté par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fuels and Types of Hearths
  • Goat Raising
CONT

Sheep and goats waste, however, is not considered potentially accessible because the housing of these animals is not standard practice and because they are most commonly employed to graze poor quality or upland pastures, often uneven and rocky, from which the crops that constitute their feed could not be harvested mechanically.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles et types de foyers
  • Élevage des chèvres
Key term(s)
  • déchet de chèvres

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)

Spanish

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