PLE 535 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bruce Report, Deinstitutionalisation, Neoliberalism
28 Nov 2017
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Government interest in times of economic downturn. 1913-1914 recession: limited dividend housing recession after ww1. Public health reformers charles hastings (1910: focus on slum clearance and social control, negative attitudes towards poor & immigrants, no increase in affordable rental housing. Wartime shortages (ww1: 1918-1923 temporary federal-provincial housing program. Unemployment, poverty, poor housing conditions: strong pressure for government intervention (bruce report, 1934) Dominion housing act (1935: first federal legislation; national housing policy, no public or affordable housing, focus on mortgage loans directing lending, 20 year mortgage, 80% purchase price, 5% interest. An act to promote the construction of new houses, the improvement of housing and living conditions and the expansion of employment in the post war period focus on employment and the economy intentionally flawed low-cost housing provisions. Primary duty: finding new ways and means for private enterprise to look after housing needs. Produced very few units: 12,000 over a decade 1% of all starts.
