Episode of Series “Challenge for change/Societe nouvelle”.
The film explores the dimensions of the housing crisis in Canada, the definition of cooperative housing, and its possibilities as described by some of the people who are living in such dwellings today. Here, housing is owned and operated by people as users, not as investors. The film emphasizes an alternative in housing: security of tenure and mutual aid as the owner-families have come to value them.
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ACMI Identifier
002404
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Architects and housing developers
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Housing, Co-operative
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Public housing
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Alternative lifestyles
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Architects and housing developers
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Housing - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Housing, Co-operative
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Public housing
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Sociology, Urban
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Alternative lifestyles
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Shared housing
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Housing, Co-operative
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Security (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Shared housing
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Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)