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Phil Nazar, Jacques Tremblay and Paul Denison

Shared Accommodation In Downtown Toronto: A New Approach To An Old Problem

Rooming houses are the only truly affordable housing provided by the private market. However, in the former city of Toronto, they are often chaotic living environments that make it difficult for tenants, many of whom are recovering from mental health and/or addiction problems. Landlords generally do not have the skills and capacity to provide social supports to their tenants and are often overwhelmed by this additional burden of “social property management.”

Principal Organization: Toronto Christian Resource Centre

Investigators: Phil Nazar, Jacques Tremblay and Paul Denison

Participants: Low income singles living in downtown Toronto in rooming houses

Research Methods: Interviews

Report release and networking session

Shared Accommodation In Downtown Toronto: A New Approach To An Old Problem

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.