The province’s shelter system is 97% full and tens of thousands of new supportive housing units are needed, according to a Housing Ministry document

The government of Ontario estimates nearly a quarter of a million people — roughly three of every 200 residents — are homeless, according to information contained in a housing ministry document.

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    3 months ago

    The new “unofficial estimate” of 234,000 homeless people is almost 1.5 per cent of Ontario’s population of about 16 million. If accurate, it would mean that for every 10,000 people in Ontario, nearly 150 are homeless — nine times more than the auditor general calculated.

    Fuck.