Abstract:
This paper examines the current reality as it relates to Aboriginal people and housing
in Lethbridge. This inferential study is designed to provide a basic demographic profile
of Aboriginal people in Lethbridge with an emphasis on demonstrating housing needs
in this, the first stage in a larger research agenda focused on investigating Aboriginal
housing needs in Lethbridge. Specifically, we sought to develop an innovative project
articulating how Aboriginal individuals who currently rent or own homes succeeded in
doing so while identifying the types of barriers they overcame that continue to hinder
other Aboriginal people in their attempts to obtain housing. The data compiled from
a questionnaire delivered to a sample of the urban Aboriginal population were utilized
to demonstrate the standard of living of Aboriginal people in Lethbridge in relation to
their professed needs and contemporary housing conditions. Sixty-one landlords were
also contacted in an effort to establish the reasons for renting or not renting to
Aboriginal people and their related concerns.