The Use of Minimum Income Qualifications By Landlords in Selecting Tenants: Recent Human Rights Litigation in Canada
Description:
This paper condemns the use of "rule of thumb" income criteria by landlords in determining eligibility to rent a particular apartment. The author traces the use of this criteria back to the mid 19th century and says it was based on assumptions about household allocation of resources that are invalid. He says that the continuing use of this criteria wrongly prevents low income people from accessing housing.
Type of Resource:
Government Document
Publication Date:
1997
Location:
Toronto