Affordable Housing

A University of British Columbia think tank has put forward a four-part set of solutions to Canada’s crisis of housing affordability and tenants’ risk of eviction. Strong rent control is a key plank. The recommendations from the Balanced Supply of Housing group would remove almost all exemptions that allow landlords to get around controls on … Read more

And big increases in food bank use show we’re failing at both housing and food security Nearly three in four (71.8%) food bank clients rent in the private market, meaning that rising rents and worsening rental affordability have become significant drivers of food bank demand, the just-released annual report on food bank use across Canada … Read more

Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing will celebrate the start of its next project, Thursday June 25, at 11 a.m., just up the street from the church at 95 Dundurn South.  This attractively-designed five-storey building will house about 30 Indigenous students attending either McMaster or Mohawk, with flexibility to suit students who are, for instance, married or have … Read more

Wealth concentration increased in Canada between 1999 and 2023. In Ontario, the top 0.01 per cent of families had an average of $546 million in wealth, while the bottom half of the population averaged just $137,000, according to a new report from Canadians for Tax Fairness. https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/civicrm/mailing/view?id=1112&reset=1 Even a small tax on the wealth of … Read more

Canadian point-in-time counts show that, on average, 26 per cent of people experiencing homelessness are over 50, double the percentage in 2009. A University of Toronto analysis reported that 32 per cent of people using shelters are now over 50. Given how much homelessness ages people, anyone who is experiencing homelessness and over 50 is … Read more