Housing affordability, social policy and economic conditions: Food bank users in the greater Toronto area, 1990-2000

ID:	HARP-195
Title:	Housing affordability, social policy and economic conditions: Food bank users in the greater Toronto area, 1990-2000
Source:	Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology , v.40(1) F 1’03 pg 65: Page count = 28
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Year:	2003
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Keywords:	Canada, economic, social, and cultural rights, food and drug, human rights, social security, Ontario, food bank, social assistance, housing
Abstract:	The following paper examines trends in the social and economic correlates of food bank usage in the Greater Toronto Area through annual interviews with food bank users between 1990-2000. The analysis tests the thesis that the effects of social assistance rate reductions and housing costs contributed to the economic vulnerability of these already marginalized families and households. Descriptive statistics and multivariate regression modelling were used to assess changes in post-shelter income available to food bank users prior to (1990-1995) and following Ontario social assistance cuts (1996-2000). The results confirm the importance of social assistance rate reductions and housing affordability problems as factors contributing to the decline in post-shelter income available to food bank users.
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