HOMELESSNESS
No. of households living in core housing need: | 10,000 (2013) |
Percentage of those surveyed in homeless count who are chronically homeless: | 49% (2018) |
Percentage of those surveyed in homeless count who are episodically homeless: | 22% (2018) |
Living in transitional housing: | 14 (2018) |
Identified in PiT Count experiencing homelessness: | 259 (2018) |
Hidden homelessness: | 94 (2018) |
Absolute homelessness: | 142 (2018) |
Emergency sheltered: | 130 (2018) |
HOUSING
No. of social housing units: |
1,832 (2016) |
No. of affordable housing units: |
830 (2016) |
No. of rent supplement units: |
478 (2016) |
No. of applicants on wait list for rent-geared-to-income housing: |
1,491 (2016) |
Bachelor vacancy rate: |
1.4% (2018) |
1-bedroom vacancy rate: |
1.3% (2018) |
2-bedroom vacancy rate: |
1.5% (2018) |
3+ bedroom vacancy rate: |
2.8% (2018) |
Average cost of rent (bachelor): |
$734 (2018) |
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): |
$916 (2018) |
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): |
$1077 (2018) |
Average cost of rent (3+ bdrm): |
$1322 (2018) |
Percentage of renter households spending 30%+ income on rent and utilities: |
49% of 13,315 households (2016) |
Percentage of owner households spending 30%+ income on rent and utilities: |
17.8% of 42,325 (2016) |
Renter households spending 50%+ income on rent and utilities: |
2,640 (2016) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Income assistance for renters/home owners (single person/mo.): |
$733 (2018) |
Average monthly Ontario Works caseload for city and county (households drawing social assistance): |
3,863 (Jan-May 2016) |
Dependency on social assistance in city: |
8.66% (2016) |
No. of people served monthly by Kawartha Food Share: |
8,100 (2016) |
INDIGENOUS DATA
Percentage of Indigenous households in core housing need: |
20.4 % (2011) |
Percentage of those surveyed in homeless count identifying as Indigenous: |
27% (2018) |