GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nature Reserve, Opencable Application Platform, Affordable Housing
6 Dec 2016
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Public or private: public or private spaces, places that are considered public should be accessible by everyone but not for everyone and who is considered public depends on each situation. Ex: dundas square homeless people not considered public and will be removed by security. Until 1944, no social housing in canada. In 1944, federal govt. developed social housing program: between 1964-1984 (between 60s-80s) remember for exam, most of the public housing stock was built, starting with 1990s, federal govt. reduced its commitment to provide subsidized housing. They wanted to balance the budget so considered it not a priority. Provinces also started following the federal govt. a(cid:374)d did(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)sider it a priority. Private businesses around dundas square pay for dundas square and are made up of a board that decides which events take place on dundas square they get political power. Regent park there are some units that are still affordable but others are owned by privates.
