5 Responding to the Housing Problem in the 1940s: The War on Canada’s ‘Number One Emergency’

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction 3
7. Housing and Reform in Pre-Depression Vancouver 8
8. ‘Slum Dwellings’: The Housing Problem in the 1930s 38
9. Responding to the Housing Problem in the 1930s: The Campaign for Low-Rent Housing 62
10. ‘A Camp Existence’: The Housing Problem in the 1940s 93
11. Responding to the Housing Problem in the 1940s: The War on Canada’s ‘Number One Emergency’ 115
12. Conclusion 162
13. Notes 173
14. Index 231