homes for all: social housing in toronto and canada
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This presentation examines social housing and housing needs in Toronto and Canada. Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation www.wellesleyinstitute.com Follow us on twiter @wellesleyWITRANSCRIPT
Homes for all: Social housing in Toronto and
CanadaMichael Shapcott The Wellesley Institute University of Toronto, March 2014
Most housing
needs invisible
!
Devolution of social housing: !
• 1984 to 1993 - funding cuts to federal housing programs !
• 1993 - no new funding for new social housing !
• 1995 - Ontario suspends provincial housing programs !
• 1996 - feds start to download federal housing programs !
• 1998 - Ontario starts to download provincial housing programs !
• 1998 - National Housing Act amended - focus on commercialization of national housing agency
0.50%
0.60%
0.70%
0.80%
0.90%
1.00%
1.10%
1.20%
1989
19
90
1991
19
92
1993
19
94
1995
19
96
1997
19
98
1999
20
00
2001
20
02
2003
20
04
2005
20
06
2007
20
08
2009
Federal housing investments as a percentage of GDP)
Government Revenues and Expenditures 2009
SupplySupply
Federal housing investments (in millions)
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 2012
$1,500
$1,750
$2,000
$2,250
$2,500
$2,750
$3,000
$3,250
2007
20
08
2009
20
10
2011
20
12
2013
20
14
2015
20
16
2017
SupplySupply
When the feds cut a dollar in housing investments… matching funds from
provinces, territories, municipalities, community and business are lost
450000
500000
550000
600000
650000
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
626,300 homes in 2007 492,500 homes in 2017 Loss of 133,800 homes
22% of entire stock
SupplySupply
Federally subsidized homes
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 2012
Advocacy successes, but fractured responses: !
• 2001 - Affordable Housing Framework Agreement !
• 2005 - Two-year affordable housing funding !
• 2009 - Federal stimulus program (two years of funding) !
• 2014 - four-year extension of housing funding
“After 20 years of continuous decline, both inequality and poverty rates have increased rapidly in the past 10 years,
now reaching levels above the OECD average.”OECD (2008), Growing Unequal? : Income Distribution and
Poverty in OECD Countries
!National Survey on Housing: !
• 71% want national housing plan • 66% want increased fed funding • 73% want increased focus on
homelessness
Wellesley Urban Health Model
