Homelessness & Housing
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From  Epilogue: Visions and DreamsFrom: Caught in the Eye of the Storm: Urban Revitalization in Toronto's Lawrence Heights |
In this chapter, Careless examines the Lawrence Heights revitalization plan in Toronto’s North York district, tracing the tension between institutional urban development and community … | John Careless | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Foreword |
In this foreword, Stein introduces the collection and how it documents housing justice organizing amid various crises of the twenty-first century. | Samuel Stein | 2 | 2025 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Index |
a collection of relevant terms and concepts and where they appear in the text. | James Hughes | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From  July 2020: The Lie of Personal ResponsibilityFrom: Spin Doctors |
In this chapter, Loreto examines the neoliberal politics employed by politicians and the media to encourage a sense of individual responsibility to prevent further spread of the virus. Loreto … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! Leveraging Land and Housing Ocuupations |
In this chapter, Ricketts and Herbert examine how grassroots housing occupations in Philadelphia during early 2020 advanced the rights of homeless mothers and children. | Amanda Ricketts; Claire Herbert | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Living with a DisabilityFrom: Making a Home |
Powley reflects on what it is like to live with a disability. She discusses the need for group homes, ableism, accessible accommodation, and her own personal experiences living in Nova Scotia as … | Jen Powley | 32 | 2023 | $3.20 Add |
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NEW! Making a HomeAssisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People |
In some Canadian provinces, people with severe physical disabilities are simply warehoused in nursing homes, where many people, especially in the age of homecare, are in the final stages of their … | Jen Powley | 136 | 2023 | View |
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From NEW! Mapping Conviction-Based Housing Restrictions in Chicago |
In this chapter, Magnone examines housing banishment laws in Chicago, which bar individuals on the sex offender registry from living near schools, parks, and daycares. | Celia Magnone | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Moving People: Relocation and Urban RenewalFrom: The Spirit of Africville |
In this chapter, Donald Clairmont describes how the City of Halifax forcibly displaced the residents of Africville in the name of urban renewal. Clairmont explains how the city used bureaucratic … | The Africville Genealogy Society | 22 | 2026 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Myths about the Tenant ClassFrom: The Tenant Class |
Ricardo examines societal perceptions of the average Canadian who rents property. Ricardo discusses home ownership as a staple of successful life in Canadian society and the cultural stigma … | Ricardo Tranjan | 14 | 2023 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! Organizing During Forced Eviction in Khori Gaon |
In this chapter, Chatterjee examines how residents of Khori Gaon, a settlement of nearly 100,000 people on the Delhi–Faridabad border, organized after the Supreme Court ordered its … | Ishita Chatterjee | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Pick a SideFrom: The Tenant Class |
Ricardo discusses the highly politicized nature of the so called housing crisis and argues that there can be no neutral stance taken on the issue of tenant rights. | Ricardo Tranjan | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! Preface and Introduction: What Didn’t Happen: The Case for Homelessness Prevention and A Framework for Homelessness Prevention |
Editor James Hughes discuss the rapid increase of homelessness since the covid-19 pandemic. through this he outlines the need for a book of this type, to stop focusing on how to treatment … | Erin Dej; James Hughes; Kaitlin Schwan; Stephen Gaetz | 30 | 2024 | $3.00 Add |
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From NEW! Rehabilitative Capitalism in Winnipeg’s Rental Market |
In this chapter, Hodges examines how the Living Recovery Foundation in Winnipeg’s North End, from 2019 onward, imposed disciplinary conditions on marginalized tenants under the banner of … | Stefan Hodges | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Rueben Unka, YellowknifeFrom: Book of Hope |
This chapter follows Rueben Unka, a man from Fort Resolution whose life spans homelessness, addiction, and work on the survey team that discovered the Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest … | Agnes R. Pascal | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Tenant Organizing TodayFrom: The Tenant Class |
In this chapter, Ricardo examines the steps tenants can take to advocate for their rights. He discusses tenant unions, the power of organizing, and details various examples of grassroots tenant … | Ricardo Tranjan | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
