>Why focus on a family of 4, most families who rely on social assistance are
composed of a mom and one child (often preschool).  ...snip

The survey results that we produced looked at a variety of family
configurations - that just happens to be the one that was in my brain when I
responded to your question!

When you consider the broad picture about housing costs, and with the
limited access that we have locally for subsidized housing, the picture is
not so bright.  The actual costs when able to access cheaper  housing makes
all the difference in the world but when your shelter allowance does not
cover the true cost of market value housing it starts to "eat" (pardon the
pun!) into the dollars intended for food and other basic necessities.
Joyce Fox