<p>"Asking rents in Canada fell two per cent year-over-year in January to an average of $2,057, marking the 16th consecutive month of annual rent decreases.'</p><p>meanwhile anyone on <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> in <a href="/tags/ontario/" rel="tag">#Ontario</a>, <a href="/tags/odsp/" rel="tag">#ODSP</a>, knows you get a maximum of $522 for rent (single person), and it took me 3 years to get on ODSP. Don't nobody need to ever ask again why homeless populations are EXPLODING</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#CdnPoli</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/real-estate/article/average-asking-rents-in-canada-fall-for-16th-straight-month-report/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ctvnews.ca/business/real-estate/article/average-asking-rents-in-canada-fall-for-16th-straight-month-report/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ctvnews.ca/business/real-e</span><span class="invisible">state/article/average-asking-rents-in-canada-fall-for-16th-straight-month-report/</span></a></p>
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<p>radio says $1800 on average for a 1 bed right now in Kingston per rentals ca or whatever. <a href="/tags/odsp/" rel="tag">#ODSP</a> gives a max $522 for housing for a single person. If the Liberals had put in their <a href="/tags/ubi/" rel="tag">#UBI</a> it would've been $2000, leaving you with $200 to live off of. But <a href="/tags/dougford/" rel="tag">#DougFord</a> has only increased ODSP by $50 in 9 years. </p><p>Most <a href="/tags/disabled/" rel="tag">#Disabled</a> people are like me, we WANT to work, but physically can't. We are almost on death's door as it is, and it's ODSP or die in a gutter.</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#CdnPoli</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/chronicpain/" rel="tag">#ChronicPain</a></p>
<p>"98% of Canadian households tracked receiving social assistance live below poverty line: report</p><p>73 per cent of households tracked were living in “deep poverty,”</p><p>“It’s not just that people are poor, it’s that they are deeply poor,”</p><p>“I don’t think people really understand the depth of poverty that people who are on social assistance have to live with,”"</p><p>keeping in mind, it took me 3 years to get on <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/odsp/" rel="tag">#ODSP</a> and it only pays $522 for housing max </p><p><a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#CdnPoli</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/98-of-canadian-households-tracked-receiving-social-assistance-live-below-poverty-line-report/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/98-of-canadian-households-tracked-receiving-social-assistance-live-below-poverty-line-report/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/</span><span class="invisible">98-of-canadian-households-tracked-receiving-social-assistance-live-below-poverty-line-report/</span></a></p>