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Property In The Welfare State, Michael Macneil
Property In The Welfare State, Michael Macneil
Dalhousie Law Journal
A primary goal of the welfare state is to promote individual dignity by guaranteeing a decent standard of living for all. The individual's ability to achieve a sense of self-worth turns on the opportunity to participate in, and contribute to, society in a meaningful fashion. Achievement of such goals is seriously undermined for those who do not have their basic needs guaranteed; shelter, food, health, and education are vital interests of the individual which, if not available in sufficient quantity or quality, hamper or make impossible the opportunity to achieve self-dignity and respect. The instruments for guaranteeing the substratum of …
Fairness In The Allocation Of Housing: Legal And Economic Perspectives, A. Wayne Mackay, Margaret Holgate
Fairness In The Allocation Of Housing: Legal And Economic Perspectives, A. Wayne Mackay, Margaret Holgate
Dalhousie Law Journal
Housing is an emotional, almost religious, topic. Indeed, even church groups have been active in promoting public housing in Canada and elsewhere.' The housing market has also become a battleground for a struggle between vested property interests and citizens' groups which insist upon a redefinition of the right to shelter. Organizations, such as the Toronto-based People's Housing Coalition, Halifax's Access Housing Services Association, and a host of tenants' unions, ensure that housing problems are not hidden from public scrutiny. Developers and landlord associations have risen to the challenge and, under the banner of free enterprise, they steadfastly resist any charges …