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JUST THE FACTS
- Between 1996 and 2001, the population of Ottawa grew considerably-7.3 percent overall-without any corresponding increase in available affordable housing.
- Since 1996, rental housing has accounted for only 5 percent of all new construction.
- Today, Ottawa has the lowest rental vacancy rates in the country-0.8 percent. CMHC considers a rental vacancy rate of 3 percent the necessary minimum for a competitive rental market.
- Between 1989 and 1999, 10 of Canada's 15 major metropolitan areas saw apartment rents increase by at least 20 percent. Some areas saw increases of up to 42 percent. (CMHC)
- Between 1995 and 2000, no new social housing was built in the City of Ottawa.
- As of April 2002, 13,088 households were on the waiting list for social housing. Each will likely wait more than seven years.
- In 1995, only 36 percent of social-assistance recipients paid rent equal to or greater than their maximum shelter allowance. Since then, rent controls have been removed and the number has risen to 85 percent.
- In 2000 alone, there were more than 4,700 eviction applications.
- Between 1989 and 1998, total real household income increased by only 2.7 percent. Single-parent families, a group traditionally associated with low incomes and high housing need, saw real incomes decline. (CMHC)
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