OTTAWA -- An estimated 1.5 million needy households in Canada could have access to suitable, affordable housing for the cost of slightly more than $1 a day for every household in the country, a new report says.Source. Do you think it would kill you to pay another $1.10 a day in taxes? Me neither.The price tag to eliminate Canada's "housing affordability gap" was a key finding in the report, which said single-parent families, the unemployed, the elderly, immigrants and aboriginals were being hardest hit by the lack of suitable housing.
The report, released Thursday, was prepared for the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada and based on an analysis of 2006 data collected by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
$1.10 a day ensures suitable housing for all: report
Doesn't sound like a lot, does it?
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$1.10 more per day in taxes? Hmm, gotta mull that over for a bit. Let me reflect on it as I head out to buy my two cartons of cig's for the coming week. Will get back to you shortly.
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