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Gaining community acceptance of affordable housing projects and homeless shelters

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abstract: "Not In My Back Yard" (NIMBY) is a phenomenon by which residents of a
community adopt protectionist attitudes and oppositional tactics to prevent an unwelcome
project from developing in their neighbourhood. To investigate this issue, 46 case
studies were developed for a variety of projects across Canada, including, amongst
others, homeless shelters, supported housing, and transitional and long-term affordable
housing. By revealing specific NIMBY issues, each case study provides insight on the
strategies that can be used for gaining community acceptance of these projects.

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Title: Gaining community acceptance of affordable housing projects and homeless shelters
Creator: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Subject: Low-income housing Canada, Case studies, Housing development Canada, Housing Canada
Description: abstract: "Not In My Back Yard" (NIMBY) is a phenomenon by which residents of a community adopt protectionist attitudes and oppositional tactics to prevent an unwelcome project from developing in their neighbourhood. To investigate this issue, 46 case studies were developed for a variety of projects across Canada, including, amongst others, homeless shelters, supported housing, and transitional and long-term affordable housing. By revealing specific NIMBY issues, each case study provides insight on the strategies that can be used for gaining community acceptance of these projects.
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Date: 2006
Type: Electronic(1)
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Identifier: 1926, govdocs:193
Source: Publisher: Cmhc Place of publication: Ottawa
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