“Delivering a top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit in December 2022, which provided low-income renters with a $500 payment to help with the cost of housing” What this means for newcomers to Canada Specific to
Funny things begin to happen as we approach the leap from renter to homeowner. Suddenly, cost-benefit calculations we were doing about third bedrooms or fancy kitchens fly out the window… only the best will do for our “forever home” after all. ...
At the federal level, public old-age pensions have shown an income floor halves the risk of food insecurity once low-income single adults become eligible at 65 years old. The Canada Child Benefit, meanwhile, has been shown to drop the prevalence of severe food insecurity by a third. ...
The remaining 60% of Nunavummiut live in public housing managed by the NHC. A different subsidy offers flat rate electricity at CAD$0.06/kWh (2017 rate) to all tenants in all communities, except NHC staff who benefit from a 70–80% rent subsidy instead [27]. In public housing, the ...
another big factor is whether the landlord owns the property outright (and not just working to make money for the mortgage holder). if the landlord has to keep the place rented to make the payments, they may be more inclined to accept less than desirable renters. now, if you own the ...
Neo-liberal reforms (both the reductions in public services and programs and channeling of public money into military, financial, oil and gas and other ventures that disproportionately benefit select private players, reinforces the divide between those with power and resources and those without. From...