PLG 510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Affordable Housing, Housing First
17 Oct 2017
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February 3rd, 2017: affordable housing office, toronto"s submission on a national housing strategy, (toronto, 2016). Executive summary: in 2016, the federal government released a national housing strategy (nhs) to provide guidance for how upper/lower tier governments can create efficient, safe, and clean housing for all people. Toronto has proposed six recommendations in accordance with the. Nhs, which will assist in creating a city that meets the needs of all people. Affordable housing is inherent towards the wellbeing of toronto. Inclusive neighbourhoods of various socioeconomic status and housing types promotes an efficient, diverse community1. In toronto, more than 100,000 families, couples and singles live in affordable housing3. However, toronto"s waitlist is progressively growing, and approximately 100,000 people are in need of affordable housing2 (refer to appendix a). Toronto is quickly becoming a city divided by poor and rich, with a shrinking middle- class3.
