Quality of Life - Housing — English (English, French, JP2)

Quality of Life - Housing — English: English/French JP2 file. From Natural Resources Canada, updated Jan 2017. View metadata, licence and the direct download on CanQuery.

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2017-01-26

Housing is one of the basic needs for well-being. Poor quality of housing may have adverse effects on health and well-being. Housing is one of the basic needs of all individuals, and the standard of housing impacts on physical health and well-being. Housing requiring major repairs inversely affects housing quality, while a high number of people per room inversely affects liveability. The third indicator measures affordability: a higher percentage of household income spent on rent or a mortgage impacts inversely on affordability.

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