Affordable housing in Canada

Hotel Martinique provides social housing in Vancouver. Social housing is one subtype of affordable housing.

Affordable housing in Canada refers to living spaces that are deemed financially accessible to households with a median household income.[1][2] Housing affordability is generally measured based on a shelter-cost-to-income ratio (STIR) of 30% by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the national housing agency of Canada. It encompasses a continuum ranging from market-based options like affordable rental housing and affordable home ownership, to non-market alternatives such as government-subsidized housing (emergency shelters, transitional housing, and public housing).[3]

  1. ^ Bhatta, Basudeb (15 April 2010). Analysis of Urban Growth and Sprawl from Remote Sensing Data. Advances in Geographic Information Science. Springer. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-642-05298-9.
  2. ^ "Real estate market: Definitions, graphs and data". www.bankofcanada.ca. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. ^ "The National Housing Strategy Glossary of Common Terms". CMHC. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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