Acceptable Housing and Core Housing Need Housing conditions are assessed using CMHC’s measures of The term acceptable housing refers to housing that is acceptable housing and core housing need (see text box: adequate in condition, suitable in size, and affordable. [...] Research Highlight 2006 Census Housing Series: Issue 20—Métis Households : Housing Conditions and Core Housing Need The universe of households1 tested for core housing need Métis households are growing at a faster rate includes only private, non-farm, non-band, non-reserve than non-Aboriginal households households with incomes greater than zero and shelter cost- The number of Métis households incr [...] Although 36% of Métis households lived below one or more Between 2001 and 2006, only Yukon experienced an of the housing standards in 2006, the majority of these increase in the incidence of core housing need of Métis households had the income capacity to obtain acceptable households (see table 5). [...] In housing occupied by Métis households in core 2006, about 30% of Métis renter households and 8% of housing need owner households were in core housing need, compared to For Métis households, as with non-Aboriginal households, about 27% of non-Aboriginal renter households and 6% of not meeting the affordability standard is a far more common non-Aboriginal owner households (see table 6). [...] Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 9 Research Highlight 2006 Census Housing Series: Issue 20—Métis Households : Housing Conditions and Core Housing Need Lone-parent Métis households had a relatively Summary high incidence of core housing need The number of Métis households increased by about 60% In 2006, 38.5% of lone-parent Métis households were in between 2001 and 2006; a portion of this gr