Break The Cycle of Poverty! Support or Help Build Safe, Affordable Housing!

To:  Everyone

• 552,000 Toronto households have incomes below the poverty line




• 250,000 Toronto households pay more than 30 per cent of their incomes on rent




• In Toronto, average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $1,060; it is only profitable for the private sector to build new units that rent for at least $1,500 per month. The poorest sixth of Toronto’s renters – representing roughly 125,000 households – can afford a maximum monthly rent of only $290.




• Toronto households in the bottom 20% of income fall $ 4000 short of suitable affordable housing (TD Economics)




•“To succeed, Toronto must assist some 200,000 households who either do not have a home, cannot afford where they live, live in substandard conditions, cannot afford to buy or may lose their home. In general, these are households with incomes of up to $36,000 (single) to $61,000 (family of five) …”




• 71,000 households are now on the municipal waiting list for affordable social housing




• Please support our cause and your community in helping to increase accessibility to more quality and affordable housing to low income individuals and families




• Check out our facebook group “Break the cycle of Poverty! Support or help build safe, affordable housing!”

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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