1996 Tenant Protection Act: Affordable Housing In Canada

Introduction

The issue of affordable housing is one of major concern. The 1996 Tenant Protection Act prohibits people from being able to obtain an affordable housing. This means that low income families are unable to find a place to live. The Human Rights Code used income and therefore low income families don’t make enough money. The 1996 Tenant Protection Act protects tenants from having landlords raise the monthly rent anytime they want. Ontario Human Rights Code permits landlords to use income as a factor in letting people rent units. I propose one major change to be included:

- We need to be more concerned about finding affordable housing for low income families.

We need to make a plan that will help all people across the border so they

It was then taken over by National Housing act of 1938.At the end of the Second World War the Federal government implement veteran housing. In 1993 they had stopped supporting social housing. In 2001 the Federal government started helping again. They had a budget of $680 Million for five years to help fund subsidized housing for low income families’. The Provincial governments refused to accept this amount except Quebec and therefore this plan wasn’t set into place. In 1975 the Provincial governments were dedicated about making affordable housing for people. They cancelled the making of 18,000 units and social assistance was reduced by 22%. From 1999 to 2000 Ontario had a loss of 631 units. Rent in Ontario nearly doubled thus due to this Act (2000-2001). The Human Rights Code also restricted what was going to be available to low income families’. In 2001 after the Act came into effect, around 61,000 tenants were in trouble with their housing. This was mostly due to people unable to pay the allotted rent. The cost living in Toronto from 1997-2002 increased by 31%. The average monthly rent cost was 1200-1600 and that is a sufficient number. The government did not take in account people from marginalized communities. The government already had a plan before any meetings were held and they already had their motives set in place. The ideology that the government holds limits the knowledge they take

Also, some people are paying more almost 50% of their allotted income on rent. The policy made more evictions than ever. This negatively will affect single mothers and low income families as the rent is too high and their income is too low. They will be forced to visit shelters and food banks as all their money would be going on rent. Someone who is on assistance can’t afford to pay that much on rent alone. This situation is stressful so we can imagine all the other factors that are involved for these people. This is also an issue for the working poor they are working to solely pay their rent and still sometimes it wouldn’t be sufficient. This also affects seniors as they are no longer working and will still need income. Furthermore, they are unable to obtain housing as they determine this based on your income. If you aren’t from a middle-class household your chances of even being able to obtain a place is slim, based on these