Infographic: Affordable housing in Canada

i think if the government buys apartments and houses for the homeless /low income people and charge only less than 1/3rd of their cheques.. then there might be enough but at the rate the government is going wasting billions on the war in the middle east and putting ads on tv about BCs economy being great well that is a lie and it costs a fortune to do that,,,its not good the the premier is wasting money on projects that we dont need.. like the enderbridge pipe line ,its just another bill[Heat] that BCers on low income cant afford...its bad enough that hydro[power,heat] is expensive enough and wood heat is better but not all can afford to buy wood , nor do they have a wood stove... this country has gone to the birds.. Wake up times have changed and there is NO such thing as 375.00 Rent.. live in the bush build your own cabin and have a wood stove.. ive done that before... just to survive... well i personaly think that the government could get off their fanny and actually do their job and raise the rates of poverty and i even have a great idea how to.. start with welfare and disability rates they are so low. it like living back in the stone age... Support Rate Maximum Unit Size A B C D 1 $531.42 N/A N/A N/A $375.00-[Shelter] 2 $700.56 $949.06 $672.08 $949.06 570.00 - [Shelter] 3 $794.56 $1043.06 $672.08 $1043.06 $660.00-[Shelter] 4 $794.56 $1043.06 $672.08 $1043.06 $700.00-[Shelter] 5 $794.56 $1043.06 $672.08 $1043.06 $750.00-[Shelter] 6 $794.56 $1043.06 $672.08 $1043.06 $785.00- [Shelter] 7 $794.56 $1043.06 $672.08 $1043.06 $820.00-{shelter] Key Effective April 1, 2007, rates for: A Singles, couples, and two-parent families where one family member is a person with disabilities (PWD), and the other is not a PWD and is under 65. B Couples and two-parent families where both adults are PWDs. C One-parent families where the parent is a PWD. D Couples and two-parent families where one adult is aged 65 years or older but is not a PWD and where one adult is a PWD. now it would help if the rates show as this: Support Rate Shelter Maximum Unit Size A B C D 1 $794.56 $1443.06 $1472.08 $1543.06 $660.00[Rent] 2 $894.56 $1443.06 $1172.08 $1443.06 $850.00[Rent] 3 $1194.56 $1543.06 $1572.08 $1543.06 $1050.00[Rent] 4 $1394.56 $1743.06 $1772.08 $1743.06 $1685.00[Rent] 5 $1494.56 $1843.06 $1872.08 $1843.06 $2020.00[Rent] 6 1589.90 $1900.00 $1976.00 $1989.00 2500.00[rent] any more children in household add 300.00 per child in 1 house hold anyways that is my idea of the government uping the rates on our cheques...

With Canada's housing shortage, and especially Ontario's, I question how we are going to house so many refugees? Isn't inviting 25,000+ refugees going to only make things even tougher? I know several people that sold their homes only to discover they couldn't afford to buy back into the market, then had a hell of a time trying to find a rental. I care about refugees, but I also worry about homelessness in our cold country.

Low Income Housing I have designed low-income housing that is steel structure, hurricane, fire and seismic rated. Our design is geared around creating jobs in communities to manufacture components, assemble and erect homes. Our design allows a person making minimum wage to afford their own home. They are designed to Canadian code and can be net zero. I have been emailing federal, provincial and local goverments and 3 years later i am still emailing, I feel our government isn't in much of a hurry to help anyone, sadly we have contracts from foreign governments and nothing from our own.