Urban housing markets : recent directions in research and policy : proceedings of a conference held at the University of Toronto, October 27-29, 1977

This volume is both a record of the Conference on Urban Housing Markets sponsored by the Centre for Urban and Community Studies in October 1977 and a review of important recent research on urban housing markets and related public policy issues

The Conference on Urban Housing Markets sponsored by the Centre for Urban and Community Studies in October 1977 was the first major conference on housing to be held in Canada since the First Canadian Housing Conference sponsored by the Canadian Welfare Council in 1968.

This volume is at once a record of the Conference and a review of important recent research on urban housing markets and related public policy issues. The book captures the flavor of a lively debate between academics and policy analysts, and the commentaries and discussion sections provide, in non-technical language, a statement of some major questions confronting government policy on housing.

In addition to its use as a record of an important Canadian conference, the book is a valuable collection of recent housing research. The ten papers cover a wide variety of topics ranging from conceptual and methodological issues on the one hand to critiques of Canadian housing policies on the other. They indicate the range of issues which must be taken into account in assessing housing policy. Taken together with the discussion material which helps to focus attention on strategic issues in both Canada and the United States, they provide a useful introduction to current debates over housing policy.

The Conference on Urban Housing Markets sponsored by the Centre for Urban and Community Studies in October 1977 was the first major conference on housing to be held in Canada since the First Canadian Housing Conference sponsored by the Canadian Welfare Council in 1968. This volume is at once a record of the Conference and a review of important recent research on urban housing markets and related public policy issues. The book captures the flavor of a lively debate between academics and policy analysts, and the commentaries and discussion sections provide, in non-technical language, a statement of some major questions confronting government policy on housing. In addition to its use as a record of an important Canadian conference, the book is a valuable collection of recent housing research. The ten papers cover a wide variety of topics ranging from conceptual and methodological issues on the one hand to critiques of Canadian housing policies on the other. They indicate the range of issues which must be taken into account in assessing housing policy. Taken together with the discussion material which helps to focus attention on strategic issues in both Canada and the United States, they provide a useful introduction to current debates over housing policy Table of Contents 5 Towards a Decent Labour Market for Low-Waged Migrant Workers 9 Section 1. Setting the Scene: Imbalances on the Labour Market 39 1. The Challenge of Migration 39 2. How ‘Low-Skilled’ Migrant Workers Are Made 57 Section 2. Access to the Labour Market for EU Citizens and Third-country Nationals 81 3. From Competing to Aligned Narratives on Posted and Other Mobile Workers within the EU? 81 4. Labour Arbitrage on European Labour Markets 109 5. The Seasonal Workers Directive 129 6. Towards Protection of Vulnerable Labour Migrants in Sweden 149 7. Asylum Seekers’ Limited Right to Work in the Netherlands 169 Section 3. Imbalances and Vulnerabilities 189 8. When Bad Labour Conditions Become Exploitation 189 9. Employer Sanctions 207 10. Bottom-up Approaches to the Regularisation of Undocumented Migrants 231 11. When Nationalism Meets Soft Skills 247 12. Collective Agreements and Equal Opportunities for Women and Disadvantaged Groups 267