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(USGovernment-News.Com, August 20, 2018 ) Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in collecting, preparing, and delivering food for the needy; providing short-term emergency shelter, temporary residential shelter, transitional housing, volunteer construction or repair of low-cost housing, and/or repair of homes for individuals or families in need; or providing food, shelter, clothing, medical relief, resettlement, and counselling to victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts (e.g., wars).
The global community food, housing, and relief services market was valued at $1.6 trillion in 2017, and is expected to be driven by increasing incidences of natural calamities such as floods, earthquakes, tsunami and establishment of social assistance centers. Asia Pacific was the largest geographic region in the market in 2017, accounting for more than two-fifth of the market share.
The community food, housing, and relief services market in The Business Research Company’s report is divided into six segments: community food services, community housing services, temporary shelters, other community housing services, emergency and other relief services, and vocational rehabilitation services.
China was the largest country in the community food and housing, and relief services market in 2017, accounting for around one-fifth of the market share. This was due to a large number of educational institutions, child day care centres and other social service establishments catering to a large population in the country.
The top five competitors of the market are Feeding America, Adventist Community Services, Doctors Without Borders, Catholic Relief Services, and CARE. Feeding America was the biggest player in the market in 2017. It is a hunger-relief charity. It distributes food and supplemental products to charitable and hunger-relief agencies including women's shelters, community kitchens, and kids’ cafes. It also collects surplus food from distributors, or retailers. The company is based in Chicago, Illinois.
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