Nonprofit Housing in Rural British Columbia: Needs, Opportunities, and Barriers
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.29173/cjnser814Mots-clés :
logement communautaire, organisations sans but lucratif, zones rurales, crise du logement abordable, migration d’agrémentRésumé
Les logements communautaires sont essentiels pour résoudre la crise de l’accès au logement au Canada. Dans les zones rurales, les organisations sans but lucratif jouent un rôle de premier plan dans la fourniture de logements communautaires. Nous avons mené des recherches à Kaslo et Nelson, deux communautés rurales de la Colombie Britannique, afin de déterminer les causes des difficultés d’accès au logement et d’évaluer les efforts déployés par les organisations sans but lucratif pour remédier à ces difficultés. Des entretiens avec des informateurs clés ont révélé que la demande de logements est alimentée par les migrations d’agrément et les achats de résidences secondaires, avec en conséquence une offre faible de logements à louer. D’autre part, les efforts visant à augmenter l’offre de logements sont compliqués par les limites des infrastructures et des coûts élevés. Les fournisseurs de logements communautaires à but non lucratif sont confrontés à des obstacles liés aux capacités limitées, aux structures de financement et au sentiment « non au projet ici ». Nous concluons cependant que la coopération régionale et des structures de financement adaptées au contexte géographique offrent des pistes pour aller de l’avant.
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