Aboriginal housing facts

A disproportionate number of Aboriginal households in B.C. are in core housing need . According to the 2001 census, close to one-third of the Aboriginals living off-reserve are in core housing need compared to only 15.8 percent for all non-Aboriginal households. And 30 percent of all the homeless found in Vancouver are Aboriginal (2005 Homeless Count). According to the 2006 Census , Aboriginal peoples are three times as likely to live in a crowded dwelling and also three times as likely to live in dwelling in need of repair. It is for these reasons that the provincial housing strategy, Housing Matters BC , identified addressing Aboriginal housing needs as one of its six key strategies . 

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