Social Housing

93,404: Number of units under administration by the City’s Social Housing Unit as of April 1, 2015, includes 2,648 rent supplements with private landlords

3,788: Housing allowances provided by the City directly to households

69,081: Number of rent-geared-to-income units where rents are set at 30% of the household’s income

$18,130: Average annual household income of social housing residents

34: Percentage of households on the active social housing waiting list on OW and ODSP

$710: Maximum monthly shelter allowance provided to a family of four through Ontario Works (October 2014)

$1,264: Average market rent in Toronto for a two-bedroom apartment (Fall 2014); $1,823 downtown

14.4: Number of eight-hour days required at $11 per hour minimum wage to pay the average market rent for a two-bedroom apartment – before taxes

$1,818: Average market rent in Toronto for a two-bedroom rental condo apartment in the secondary rental market (Fall 2014)

78,248: Number of households active on the social housing waiting list (December 31, 2014)

244: Number of community-based non-profit and co-op housing organizations providing social housing in Toronto

1: Number of municipal non-profit housing corporations in Toronto. Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) is owned by the City

63: Percentage of total social housing stock owned and operated by TCHC

287: Number of private market projects where the City has rent supplements

72: Percentage of Shelter, Support and Housing Administration 2015 budget that goes to social housing, remainder is for housing stability and homelessness services

49: Percentage of social housing spending in 2015 that comes from the City, including funds from reserves; compares to 41% in 2014 and 31% in 2013. The City is the largest funding source and its share is growing as that of other orders of government shrinks. City share in 2016 will be 57.3%

0: The federal government’s contribution to social housing by 2031. Ottawa’s share shrank by $4.7 million in 2014 and is expected to fall by another $9 million next year…until it reaches zero by 2031.