09/18/2024
The Manitoba Branch of the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC Manitoba) regularly engages in research that examines issues which impact consumers, with particular attention to those that affect vulnerable consumers. One such issue that has received increasing media attention, particularly of late, is the shortage of safe and affordable housing for Canadian consumers.
Widespread barriers to adequate, safe and affordable housing persist in Canada, and contribute to the crisis of houselessness and precarious housing in urban and rural centers across the country. CAC MB understands these barriers to disproportionately affect vulnerable and marginalized consumers, and to have been exacerbated by both the pressure on household finances wrought by the pandemic period and, more recently, by high inflation.
In an effort to better understand the impacts, CAC Manitoba has undertaken a two-year research project (funded by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s Contributions Program for Non-profit Consumer and Voluntary Organizations*) to examine the realities and impacts of discrimination in the provision of housing on low-income and vulnerable consumers.
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The Manitoba Branch of the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC Manitoba) regularly engages in research that examines issues which impact consumers, with particular attention to those that affect vulnerable consumers. One such issue that has received increasing media attention, particularly of la...
