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The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelessness in Canada. The COH is the curator of the Homeless Hub.
Canadian Observatory on HomelessnessThe Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelessness in Canada. The COH is the curator of the Homeless Hub.
We know the nominal dollar cost of a house or a condo today is much higher than it was 10 or 20 years ago. For the first time, Broadbent Institute Policy Fellow and University of Ottawa economist Marc Lavoie looked at the cost of housing in terms of weeks of labour, and found that it's double compared to the 1970s.