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2014 rent increase to be second-lowest in two decades 60
Ontario will cap rent increases next year at the second lowest rate in more than two decades. Tenants who live in buildings completed on or before Nov. 1, 1991 will see a maximum hike in their rent of 0.8% in 2014 which works out to $6.40 on an $800 monthly rent… There are exceptions for property owners who can prove to the Landlord and Tenant Act that they need higher rents to cover, as an example, the cost of a substantial renovation.
Tags: budget, economy, housing, standard of living
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Low-income social housing residents anxious as Ottawa ends subsidies
… the mortgages on many social-housing properties have now been paid off, so the government has fulfilled its commitment. “To suggest that because these agreements expire, every single complex can no longer provide subsidies to people based on their income is not true; many of these complexes will be in as good shape now, or better, once these agreements expire because the subsidy equalled what the mortgage payment was…
Tags: budget, homelessness, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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Tories shrug off income equality
It is a pathetic piece of work… It says nothing about lifting low-income Canadians out of poverty, nothing about tackling the desperate shortage of affordable housing in the country, nothing about increasing the Canada Child Tax Benefit, nothing about improving public pensions and nothing about shoring up the country’s deteriorating social programs… It took the Tories 18 months to push one of the important issues facing the nation off the political agenda.
Tags: economy, housing, ideology, pensions, poverty, standard of living
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Conservatives dismantling social programs built over generations
… at a time when 1.3 million are without jobs, the federal government has toughened the criteria that employment insurance recipients must meet to hang on to their benefits. In all, only 37 per cent of jobless Canadians are eligible for EI benefits… Dozens of groups dedicated to improving human rights or the well-being of the most vulnerable citizens have also seen their funding reduced or eliminated as Ottawa redraws its priorities and budget allocations.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, homelessness, housing, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Breaking the poverty cycle
… the Youth Futures program… help[s] children living in social housing get out of the rut… The seven-month program offers high school kids leadership training, CPR courses and paid part-time jobs to let them get their bearings. Each teen can also spend two weeks at a university or college campus taking courses that show them their options after graduating. “That makes it easier for them to demystify what it’s like to go beyond high school and gives them the supports they need to be successful.”
Tags: housing, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Look to causes, not symptoms of poor health
… when we talk about politics — the field of endeavour with the greatest impact on what determines health outcomes — a narrow and economistic outlook seems to trump attempts to address those social determinants… we have to see beyond health care to what really makes us ill or well: income and its distribution, education, employment, social supports, housing, nutrition and the wider environment — what are known as the social determinants of health.
Tags: Health, housing, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Broken promises on affordable housing
In its March budget, the federal government committed to renew its Investment in Affordable Housing Program at $253 million per year over five years to be matched by provincial and territorial governments, bringing the annual total for new social and affordable housing to $506 million. Eight months later, we’re still waiting for an announcement that any province or territory has negotiated a funding agreement with Ottawa… The wait list has continued to set new records since then.
Tags: budget, featured, homelessness, housing, ideology, standard of living
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The downside of the condo boom
There is no evidence that the increase in rental condos had moderated conditions in the overall rental housing market. Condos have not contributed to Toronto’s affordable housing stock, nor have they helped us stem the tide of increased income segregation… All evidence suggests that need for affordable housing in Toronto has only increased throughout the boom years.
Tags: homelessness, housing, ideology, privatization, standard of living
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The great Canadian experiment to house the homeless
At Home/Chez Soi, funded by the Canadian government, is a randomized controlled trial focused on housing for the mentally ill. At Home/Chez Soi is built around the concept that housing is the first order of business, and then comes support services that honour a person’s choices and offer a range of resources… those who had their own apartments started asking for additional help to keep their home and the stability, privacy and safety it offered…
Tags: homelessness, housing, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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