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Widening inequities: Long-term housing affordability in the Toronto CMA

Widening inequities: Long-term housing affordability in the Toronto CMA

Scott Leon, James Iveniuk |

Unhappy frustrated couple sitting on couch with cardboard boxes, eviction, family having problem with dwelling, money or mortgage, worried woman and man lost home, bankruptcy or debt concept

This paper examines long-term population-level housing affordability challenges and trends in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) from 1991 to 2016. This project’s goal is to analyze how housing affordability has changed for the general population and for different socio-demographic groups over this 25-year study period. Affordability is measured using shelter cost to income ratio […]

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