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#Post#: 10649--------------------------------------------------
Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices Soar
DIR By: jsmth321
Date: October 5, 2023, 10:36 am
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"has lived for months in a makeshift camp in woodlands near a
cemetery in Granby, a town of 70,000 inhabitants 80 kilometers
(50 miles) east of Montreal, after being evicted in June from an
apartment he rented with his girlfriend."
"I work five days a week," the janitor with dishevelled brown
hair told AFP, pushing a shopping cart to the campsite."
"Between 2018 and 2022, the number of homeless people in Quebec
increased by 44 percent, their numbers swelling to 10,000 last
year."
In just 4 years homeless people increased 44% in Quebec.
Government data estimates 250,000 homeless people across Canada
but there is a big but here, the data only includes homeless who
access homeless shelters, so the actual number is higher.
HTML https://www.barrons.com/news/homelessness-explodes-in-canada-as-rents-housing-prices-soar-ff5daf9c
It's unfortunate what Canada is becoming, even with a job these
days you can end up homeless, wages too low, rents too high.
Our housing situation is precarious, the only reason we are
housed is because of a rent discount we get via employment, but
if the employment ends, we have 30 days to vacate the unit and
would be homeless as we couldn't pay the almost $3,000 per month
market rate these units rent for.
#Post#: 10654--------------------------------------------------
Re: Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices
Soar
DIR By: jsmth321
Date: October 5, 2023, 3:19 pm
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Greater Vancouver homeless count reveals 32% increase since
2020.
HTML https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/10/05/metro-vancouver-homeless-count-2023/
We are truly on track to having 1930's era shanty towns, there
are no other options for people and as rents go up more and more
people find themselves unable to pay rent and out on the street.
The actual number is likely higher, this count only includes the
homeless the counters found.
60% were staying in shelters the night of the count.
Of those who were unsheltered, almost 50 per cent were staying
outside.
19% were staying in someone else's home.
16% were staying in a self-made shelter or tent
9% were staying in a vehicle.*
Most homeless are between 25 and 54 years old with 8% being
under 25.
50% of the homeless counted first became homeless as a youth.
64% have been homeless more than 1 year.
64% of homeless have been living in Vancouver area for 5 or more
years.
30% disclosed they have a acquired brain injury.
60 per cent saying that have two or more health concerns.
69% of homeless were male.
(* this is one of the downsides to us having to get rid of the
car, if we become homeless, we will have nowhere to sleep.)
#Post#: 10746--------------------------------------------------
Re: Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices
Soar
DIR By: jsmth321
Date: October 14, 2023, 4:08 pm
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Average rent went up another 11% in past year — and even getting
a roommate doesn't help much.
HTML https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rentals-ca-urbanation-september-1.6995438
"Canada's rental crisis is getting worse, according to a new
report that found the average asking price for rent in September
was $2,149 — up by more than 11 per cent compared to a year
ago."
Vancouver still leads the nation with the highest rent.
It's even worse on the other side of the country in Vancouver,
where a one-bedroom costs just shy of $3,000 monthly on average,
while a two-bedroom is almost $4,000 a month. Both figures are
up by 10 per cent over last year.
Calgary is cheaper but rents are climbing fast.
"The average asking price for a one-bedroom in Calgary is $1,730
and $2,181 for a two-bedroom. Both have risen by more than 13
per cent in the past year."
"Nova Scotia, where the average asking price for a new apartment
hit $2,088 last month, up 15 per cent in the past year. That's
the third-highest provincial average in Canada, behind British
Columbia and Ontario."
Calgary and Nova Scotia are examples of the domino affect,
people relocate due to high rent, which just ends up expanding
the crises.
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Re: Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices
Soar
DIR By: jsmth321
Date: October 26, 2023, 10:25 pm
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Roughly 115,000 Calgarians in 40,000 households could be on the
brink of homelessness, according to a new paper from the
UCalgary School of Public Policy.
HTML https://livewirecalgary.com/2023/10/26/40000-calgary-households-could-be-at-risk-of-homelessness-ucalgary-report/
#Post#: 11051--------------------------------------------------
Re: Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices
Soar
DIR By: Siouxie
Date: November 19, 2023, 1:12 pm
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New Rent.ca report available - Vancouver's rents are ridiculous.
HTML https://rentals.ca/national-rent-report
HTML https://images.rentals.ca/images/Rent_Report_Graphic_-_November_2023_v2.width-720.png
#Post#: 11054--------------------------------------------------
Re: Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices
Soar
DIR By: jsmth321
Date: November 19, 2023, 3:25 pm
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--- Quote from: Siouxie link ---
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> New Rent.ca report available - Vancouver's rents are
ridiculous.
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HTML https://rentals.ca/national-rent-report
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HTML https://images.rentals.ca/images/Rent_Report_Graphic_-_November_2023_v2.width-720.png
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To afford $2,872 per month in rent you need a household income
of $110,000 per year and that is for a 1 bedroom unit.
When we lived on the island 3 bedroom units in that building
were almost $5,000 per month, and then the government acts all
shocked people aren't having kids and the birthrate in Canada is
too low to sustain the country economically.
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Re: Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices
Soar
DIR By: Siouxie
Date: November 20, 2023, 2:42 pm
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--- Quote from: jsmth321 link ---
>
>
> To afford $2,872 per month in rent you need a household income
of $110,000 per year and that is for a 1 bedroom unit.
>
> When we lived on the island 3 bedroom units in that building
were almost $5,000 per month, and then the government acts all
shocked people aren't having kids and the birthrate in Canada is
too low to sustain the country economically.
>
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Now I understand why a previous work colleague moved to
Saskatoon! It's considerably cheaper there for apartment rentals
(though not much cheaper than here for house rentals).
HTML https://rentals.ca/saskatoon
According to Rent Panda
HTML https://rentpanda.ca/rent-report-october-2022
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> The average family in Canada will now spend over 36% of their
income on rent, with that number rising upwards of 50-60% within
hot rental markets in the country like Vancouver, Toronto,
Waterloo, and Montreal.
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This info from rentpanda is quite interesting to see -
"Affordability"
HTML https://rentpanda.ca/static/media/affordabilityChart.e50cd3e8.png
In my personal experience, in the case of seniors it's more
likely 80-100%
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Re: Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices
Soar
DIR By: jsmth321
Date: November 20, 2023, 3:24 pm
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--- Quote from: Siouxie link ---
>
> Now I understand why a previous work colleague moved to
Saskatoon! It's considerably cheaper there for apartment rentals
(though not much cheaper than here for house rentals).
HTML https://rentals.ca/saskatoon
>
> According to Rent Panda
HTML https://rentpanda.ca/rent-report-october-2022
>
> This info from rentpanda is quite interesting to see -
"Affordability"
>
HTML https://rentpanda.ca/static/media/affordabilityChart.e50cd3e8.png
>
>
> In my personal experience, in the case of seniors it's more
likely 80-100%
>
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The $110,000 I mentioned was from CMHC who I believe uses the
30% max of gross income should go to housing, but yeah most
people can no longer keep their rent at 30% or less of their
income, and 50% or more is too common and also not sustainable
long term, the tent city situation will only be getting worse
before it gets better, expect an exponential increase in the
number of homeless people and working homeless population will
continue to grow as well.
Seniors and those on any form of disability are the most likely
to be paying almost all their income to rent, and be homeless
since well in places like Vancouver disability and CPP/OAS
doesn't even provide enough to rent an apartment.
Even EI these days is too low, back when rent was 30% of income,
getting 55% of your average weekly wage from EI when ill or if
laid off meant you could keep housing, now with people paying
60% for housing, get sick or laid off, EI wont even cover your
rent anymore.
EI should be raised to provide 70% of your average weekly income
and the weekly maximum raised to $900 per week.
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Re: Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices
Soar
DIR By: jsmth321
Date: November 21, 2023, 8:20 pm
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There is at least one leader in Canada who understands.
BC Premier Eby says governments must step up on housing, can't
rely on private sector.
HTML https://biv.com/article/2023/11/eby-says-governments-must-step-housing-cant-rely-private-sector
#Post#: 11076--------------------------------------------------
Re: Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices
Soar
DIR By: jsmth321
Date: November 22, 2023, 8:46 pm
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1 in 5 B.C. seniors at risk of homelessness.
HTML https://www.clearwatertimes.com/news/almost-1-in-5-bc-seniors-at-risk-of-homelessness-report-7113744
“A 70-year-old, dependent on government benefits (CPP, OAS, GIS,
and the BC Seniors Supplement), would spend 78 per cent of their
income to rent an average one-bedroom apartment in B.C.
($1,432).”
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