SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bell Hooks, Unemployment Benefits, Wage Labour

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOCWORK 1A06
• Professor: Meaghan Ross

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Example: municipal level, 10 year housing plan, looking at a policy level. Affordable housing: housing that costs 30% or less of the gross household income for households with low to moderate income. Low to moderate income: at or below the 60th income percentile for the city of. Hamilton: 2006 census the annual income is 38,000$ Homelessness: experience of people sleeping rough, in a public place or a shelter (absolute homelessness, people staying with family and friends (hidden homelessness/couch surfing, people who are at risk of homelessness because of unaffordable, inadequate and/or unsafe housing conditions (precariously housed) Tools at the policy level: legislation, acts or parliament . Action plan: community-owned, city led strategic plan, guide for future decision making, response to need in our community. Approach: partnership between city and the affordable housing. Flagship: key sector representation, advice/guidance on developing the housing &