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Originally Posted by Jason14h
I can “almost” guarantee the housing shortage has zero affect (effect?) on the LRT “crackheads”
With respect , some of you are delusional
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When I grew up in Calgary in the 80s, if you were low income you could find a house that EI/welfare/CPP would cover the cost of rent, and maybe you could even buy. If you were desperate, you could find rooms to rent for $200ish/month. There were entire developments full of low income people. I remember doing landscaping work at a townhouse complex in Queensland with nothing but low income housing.
Now that's simply not possible and that low income housing doesn't exist. A lot of these people who were semi employable could get by and still stay off the streets. If you were a roofer, you could work for a few weeks, get your paycheck, bounce, have enough cash for a serious bender, and still maintain a roof over your head. Now it's one slip up, and you aren't coming back.