Many Canadians live in precarious housing and are in core-housing need, meaning that their dwelling does not meet one or more of the following standards:
Households with incomes under $30,350 spend almost 35% of that on shelter as compared
Many Canadians live in precarious housing and are in core-housing need, meaning that their dwelling does not meet one or more of the following standards:
Households with incomes under $30,350 spend almost 35% of that on shelter as compared to households with annual incomes of $110,000 at 10.1%.78 Families with annual incomes of less than $30,350 have a core housing need incidence of 49.8% 79 and are four times more likely than average to find themselves inadequately housed.
Despite clear and yawning housing inequality, Federal government funds for housing are currently trending downwards, zeroing out by 2016, at which point there will be a 16% drop in federally-subsidized homes.
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