Social Issues: Poverty

Public Engagement on Affordable Housing in Edmonton Report

by | October 17, 2019 | ESPC Announcements, ESPC Publications: Reports, Resources: Housing, Social Issues: Poverty, Statistical Information: Engagement, Urban Issues: Planning

Access to stable and quality housing can produce positive outcomes to community health and education, and ultimately improve neighbourhood conditions and perceptions. Families that are in unstable housing are more likely to face intergenerational poverty. Living in...

fACT Sheet: Impact of Benefits on Low and Modest Income Edmontonians

by | August 29, 2019 | ESPC Publications: Fact Sheets, Levels of Government: Alberta Social Policy Framework, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Family, Social Issues: Income, Social Issues: Poverty

Living in low income poses significant challenges. Here is a list of a number of programs and benefits implemented by all three orders of government to assist individuals and families. ESPC Documents/PUBLICATIONS/A.06.B FACT...

A Profile of Poverty in Edmonton – May 2019 Update

by | August 6, 2019 | ESPC Publications: Reports, Resources: Housing, Social Issues: Child Care, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Family, Social Issues: Hunger, Social Issues: Income, Social Issues: Indigenous People, Social Issues: Poverty, Social Issues: Women, Urban Issues: Trends

Poverty affects people from all walks of life — young, old, employed, unemployed, those who are new to Canada and those whose ancestors have lived here for hundreds of years. The structure of the economy traps people in bad situations and forces some into...