The province’s shelter system is 97% full and tens of thousands of new supportive housing units are needed, according to a Housing Ministry document
  • ashinadash [she/her]
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    3 months ago

    Ontario is so fucked. Some places, the cheapest rent is way more than an entire month's pay which is very goddamn silly.

  • waluigiblunts [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    These numbers seem impossible. How can Ontario have 1.25x the homeless population of California while only having 0.4x the population?

    Is Ontario using a different definition for homelessness?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      I don't think it's that surprising giving just how unaffordable housing is in Canada at this point. And of course, it's entirely possible that California is simply undercounting their numbers.

    • enkifish [any]
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      3 months ago

      Maybe, but the way homelessness is usually counted aka "the street count" always massively under counts. Even a bullshit statistical model will probably get closer to the actual number.

      • waluigiblunts [he/him]
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        3 months ago

        That's true. Counting tents cannot account for those sleeping in cars or the houses of friends and relatives.

        • enkifish [any]
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          3 months ago

          Even just people on the street. There are surprising number of nooks and crannies to hide in a city. Are the counters going to the 5th floor of an abandoned industrial site? How about along no longer used rail lines that are now heavily wooded? Are they going into culverts?