Market-based rentals are increasingly prioritized as the tenure type through which to provide housing assistance to low-income households: it is argued that public housing places tenants in neighbourhoods with concentrated poverty, while the private sector is purported to offer households the opportunity to live in locations with less disadvantage. We test this assumption through a case study of a Nova Scotian municipality. Using chi-square tests to examine associations between housing type and neighbourhood deprivation, we find that while 47% of public units are located in places with high social and economic deprivation, one-third of market rentals are located in neighbourhoods with similar characteristics. In addition, in looking at the location of lower-cost market units in particular, we find limited differences in the neighbourhood characteristics in which these more affordable rentals and public housing are found. We argue for the importance of connecting policy and programming to place-based community development and poverty-reduction strategies to support low-income households.

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公共住房、市场租金和社区特征

以市场为基础的租赁越来越被优先考虑作为向低收入家庭提供住房援助的权属类型：有人认为，公共住房将租户安置在贫困集中的社区，而私营部门则旨在为家庭提供生活机会在劣势较小的地方。我们通过一个新斯科舍省市的案例研究来检验这一假设。使用卡方检验来检验住房类型与社区剥夺之间的关联，我们发现虽然 47% 的公共单元位于社会和经济高度剥夺的地方，但三分之一的市场租金位于具有相似特征的社区。此外，特别是在查看低成本市场单位的位置时，我们发现这些更实惠的租金和公共住房所在的社区特征差异有限。我们主张将政策和规划与基于地方的社区发展和减贫战略联系起来以支持低收入家庭的重要性。