GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Capital, Inta, Totton And Eling
10 Dec 2015
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The current state of homelessness in canada: http://www. homelesshub. ca/library/the-state-of-homelessness-in- 30,000 women, men and children crowd into homeless shelters in the city annually. 70,000 households are on toronto"s social housing waiting list. 150,000 households are on the brink of homelessness (paying more than 50% of their income on shelters) Since 1960, homelessness has been growing 6 times faster than the overall population. Move people from shelters to homes through an enhanced rent supplement program. Fund 200,000 new and renovated homes in mixed-income neighborhoods in the next 10 years. Criminalizing homelessness is costly: in toronto, the cost to taxpayers of a month in jail is $ 4,333 while the cost for a month in social housing is $ 199,92. A 2-bedroom in toronto is around $ 1,060 per month. To afford that 2-bedroom, an annual income of $ 42,400 is required. 40% of toronto"s households have an annual income of less than k.
