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  1. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
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    Resource Type: Organization
  2. Home Sweet Home?
    The Impact of Poor Housing on Health

    Resource Type: Book
    The authors set out to research three topics: the link between overcrowding and respiratory and infectious diseases; how and if housing deprivation impacts on overall health and finally the link between housing and health in the context of the range of other possible influences on health.
  3. Mud, Mud
    The Potential of Earth-based Materials for Third World Housing

    Resource Type: Book
    Mud is the most widely used building material in the world, yet it is almost invariably ignored by governments, development banks and aid agencies. In the Third World, virtually all houses are far below the most minimal standards of health and hygiene. Today, mud perhaps offers the only practical prospect for building the five hundred million houses which will be needed in the next twenty years.
  4. Squatters are not home stealers
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The criminalising of squatters in Britain is part of a Europe-wide backlash. But with at least 10% of the world population squatting, can they really be a menace to society?
  5. Toward Sustainable Communities
    Resources for Citizens and their Governments

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1998
    The way our urban communities develop will largely determine our success or failure in overcoming environmental challenges and achieving sustainable development. Toward Sustainable Communities offer practical suggestions and innovative solutions to a wide range of municipal and community problems.

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