COVID-19 AND HOUSING: WILL NEW OPPORTUNITY EMERGE FROM CRISIS?

My latest Brief for Toronto Foundation.

Excerpt:

The consequences of handling evictions poorly are almost incomprehensible. Even if only a small portion of the 130,000 to 260,000 who missed rent payments in April are evicted, that represents a potentially huge increase in the homeless population. If just one in 20 ended up homeless, that would equate to 6500 to 13,000 more people without a home. The entire homeless shelter system Toronto has a capacity of 7,000 to 8,000 people and typically operates at 98-99% capacity.

See the full piece available here:

https://torontofoundation.ca/covid-19-and-housing-will-new-opportunity-emerge-from-crisis/