Thanks for the information!

I would imagine that you used the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Averages
for setting the rent.  An important thing to do when using this average is
to state "if a family is lucky enough to be able to find an apartment at
this average"

The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation has done a lot of research
into the housing market and because of discrimination often families on
social assistance end up having to rent higher cost lower quality housing.
 For more information about this see our submission to the Golden Task
Force at:

http://www.web.net/cera/golden.html

Thanks again,

S
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From:   JFox[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]


>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