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          • Presentation Slides - Large - "I think it's Bullshit" (HR&HF May 21, 2026)
      • A Rights-Based Approach : The Federal Housing Advocate (Report and Webinar)
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        • June 2, 2026 Region of Waterloo Meeting - Cutting Through the (Seemingly Bovine) 'Fecal Matter' >
          • Human Rights-Based Responses to Encampments Following the 100 Victoria Court Ruling - Human Rights & Housing Fights
      • Understanding the Growing Divide : A Look at Local Data
      • Seeing Beyond the Stigma: Reframing the Narrative >
        • Muted Voices & Performative Gestures: No Pride Delivered
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        • CAEH Conference Ottawa 2024
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        • Waterloo Region Snapshot - Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments
        • Rethinking Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments: Building a Human Rights Approach in Ontario
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      • Dear RoW: Your Bylaw Is Faulty (& Your Politics Kinda Suck)
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      • On the right to adequate housing - By Peter Elgin (2020)
      • Cambridge Evictions - Heatwave 2025
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Info PAge: Housing Affordability


Provincial and Federal Related Information & Resources
  • ​Housing Services Act, 2011, S.O. 2011, c. 6, Sched. 1
  • O. Reg. 232/18: INCLUSIONARY ZONING
  • Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25
  • Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022, S.O. 2022, c. 18 - Bill 3
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  • Minimum Wage in Ontario
  • Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41​
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  • Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997
  • ODSP Policy Directives
 
  • Ontario Works Act, 1997
  • Ontario Works Policy Directives
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  • Low income cut-offs (LICOs) before and after tax by community size and family size, in current dollars (Canada wide) - Statistics Canada
  • Table 11-10-0239-01  Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas - Statistics Canada​​

Your privilege can help determine how you define what is “#affordableHousing”. Someone in ODSP defines it by what we get firm our “shelter allowance” ($560) & someone with steady income of $200k is thinking much much higher. For same need. #onpoli pic.twitter.com/FWq12oVYcV

— Maddy Dever (they/them) □️‍□ ♿️ (@MattJDever) June 28, 2023
Additional Research and Infomation​
  • ​​Housing Market Information Portal - Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
  • Rental Market Report - January 26, 2023 - Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
  • "Affordable for Who? " - July 2018 - ACORN Canada​

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