HOMELESSNESS
| No. of people experiencing homelessness: | 115 (2018) |
| Unsheltered: | 9 (2018) |
| Emergency sheltered (including domestic violence shelters): | 20 (2018) |
| In transitional housing: | 7 (2018) |
| In institutional care (addiction treatment, correctional facility, hospital etc.): | 58 (2018) |
| Staying at someone else's place: | 21 (2018) |
| Homeless for more than 6 months: | 41% (2018) |
HOUSING
|
Bachelor Vacancy Rate: |
N/A (2018) |
| 1-bedroom Vacancy Rate: |
0.5% (2018) |
| 2-bedroom Vacancy Rate: |
3.4% (2018) |
| Average Cost of Rent (bachelor): |
$558/mo. (2018) |
| Average Cost of Rent (1 bdrm): |
$626/mo. (2018) |
| Average Cost of Rent (2 bdrm): |
$777/mo. (2018) |
|
Average Cost of Rent (3+ bdrm): |
$969/mo. (2018) |
| Public housing units (#): |
3,254 (2017) |
| Number of people housed in public housing: |
5,200 (2017) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
|
Income Assistance for renter or home-owner (single person/mo.): |
$575 (2017) |
|
On CB Island Housing Authority waitlist (as of September 2018): |
approx. 653 (182 family/471 senior) |
INDIGENOUS DATA
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Percentage of Indigenous households in core housing need: |
22.1 % (2011) |
| Percentage of PiT Count respondents self-identifying as Indigenous: | 25.93% (2018) |