2010 Whitehorse housing adequacy study : Whitehorse housing adequacy study

This Study was undertaken so that we not only better understand the breadth and depth of the issues facing the homeless and the precariously housed, but also to provide us with the information all of us require in order to make informed decisions. [...] The Yukon Government’s Department of Health and Social Services worked with the Yukon Bureau of Statistics and the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition to design the Whitehorse Housing Adequacy Study. [...] In April and May, 2010, the Yukon Bureau of Statistics and the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition distributed the housing adequacy questionnaire in Whitehorse. [...] Men and women were equally likely to fill out the questionnaire, and more than a quarter of the respondents had children living in their households. [...] The Yukon Government’s Department of Health and Social Services worked with the Yukon Bureau of Statistics and the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition to design the study and collect information on housing adequacy issues in Whitehorse.