Poverty And Homelessness In Canada

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Q3 A) What costs do poverty and homelessness impose on society?
For us to understand the cost of poverty and homeless in Canada we first have to understand what is poverty and homeless. Poverty is when a person or a family income is under a specific income level. Poverty line is different for different country. For Canada when a person makes under $18,421 he or she is considered living under poverty. Which is about $1500 a month. There are places in Canada where a 1 bedroom apartment rent is more than that. People have to choose between putting food on the table and put roof over their head. Eventually when people are unable to pay their rent or pay their mortgage they become homeless. Homeless is the extreme level of poverty. Those who living on the street, government shelter, or temporary emergency shelter run by not for profit organizations are considered homeless. As they do not have their own place to go to. The rise of living cost and lack of employment is the main cause of poverty and homelessness. People are simply failing to choose between food and roof.
People living under poverty line do not become homeless right away. They usually move in with their loved once. However they are not allow to over stay …show more content…

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