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Social Housing

Social Housing. Definitions. Landlord: a person who owns a property and rents it to someone else Rent: A tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land . Private housing: land or belongings owned by a person or group and kept for their exclusive use

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Social Housing

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  1. Social Housing

  2. Definitions • Landlord: a person who owns a property and rents it to someone else • Rent: A tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land. • Private housing: land or belongings owned by a person or group and kept for their exclusive use • Social housing: housing provided for people on low incomes or with particular needs by government agencies or non-profit organizations.

  3. What is social housing? • Allows people and families with low wages, or who get government help, to find housing in the private sector. • Social housing includes supportive housing, government-funded subsidies and rent-geared-to-income. • Ontario Human Rights Commission

  4. Who lives in social housing? • Tenants come from diverse backgrounds. • Tenants must show legal status in Canada for all household members.  One household member must be 16 years of age or older

  5. Types of rent paid • Rent geared to income (RGI) • These rents are subsidized to about 30 % of the entire household’s gross income. • Rent Subsidies • These rents are subsidized by Social Housing for a private housing • Market rents • These rents are similar to those charged by a private landlord.

  6. Housing availability: Toronto • The wait ranges from • about one to five years for a bachelor; • seven to ten years for a one-bedroom; • five to ten years for a two-bedroom; • ten to twelve years for a three- to four-bedroom; • and four to six years for a five-bedroom home.  

  7. Conditions of Social Housing • spouses/partners share a bedroom and can request to share a bachelor unit • two same-sex children under 18 years old share a bedroom • children 18 or over are entitled to their own room (or you can request that they share a room with another child • children of the opposite sex are given separate bedrooms (unless you request to have the children share a bedroom) • a parent can request to share a bedroom with their dependent child

  8. Social Housing in Toronto • Number of social housing units in Toronto: 93,198 • Number of units with rent geared to 30% of the household’s income: 70,379 • Annual cost of Toronto social housing in 2011 (includes time-limited stimulus funding from the federal and provincial governments): $ 656.9 million • Percentage paid by Toronto: 41 • Percentage paid by the federal government: 32 • Percentage paid by the provincial government: 19 • Percent paid by GTA pooling: 8 • Percentage of all Toronto social housing stock owned and operated by Toronto Community Housing: 63

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