Is there an alternative to rooming houses for low-income tenants?
A report issued in 1998 by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation called New Ways to Create Affordable Housing suggest 12 housing models that differ from traditional housing forms. The ideas include new ways to pay for shelter, new ways to share ownership, and new housing forms. The City is currently considering a proposal to create “Affordable Housing Demonstration Projects.” A report to the Community and Neighborhood Services Committee, dated July 7, 1998, recommends three different kinds of demonstration projects: 1. Transitional housing: housing that will fill the gap between hostels and permanent housing, mainly for formerly homeless people. 2. Affordable rental housing: rental housing for low-income people at prices below market levels; this project will try to solve the problem of how to offer reasonable housing at affordable rents without bankrupting landlords. 3. Affordable ownership models: housing that low-income people can buy over time; this project will try to ensure tha
