Carey Doberstein’s book on homelessness governance

Summary:
I’ve just reviewed Professor Carey Doberstein’s book on homelessness governance (UBC Press). The book looks at the way decisions are made pertaining to funding for homelessness programs in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto during the 1995-2015 period. Points raised in my review include the following: -Homelessness trends look quite different across the three cities. For example, it can be growing in one city, but declining in another. -One of the book’s main arguments is that better decisions pertaining to homelessness programming are made when multiple stakeholders are engaged in decision-making early and often. -The book argues that Vancouver and Calgary have done a relatively good job of such engagement—more so than Toronto. My full review can be read here. (A modified version of this

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Nick Falvo considers the following as important: aboriginal peoples, Alberta, cities, democracy, fiscal federalism, homeless, housing, indigenous people, inequality, municipalities, Poverty, Role of government, social policy, Toronto

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