A recently-released Statistics Canada study of evicted tenants found that disabled people are overrepresented among recent evictees.
The study, released Friday, also found that no-fault evictions — including an owner moving into the unit, selling the unit, or performing major renovations — are the most common reason for a tenancy to be terminated across the country.
Multiple studies have previously shown that B.C. leads the country in no-fault evictions, with Metro Vancouver previously being named the eviction capital of Canada.
However, the study’s finding that disabled people were overrepresented among evictees has one disabled policy analyst asking for accessibility to be put front and centre when it comes to building new affordable housing.
When public housing stock is shrinking to single digit levels and being replaced with crumbs for new subsidized units it’s no wonder disabled people are evicted en masse.
We need more funding for disabled people. They don’t even get 30k per year to live off of. There needs to be a better safety net and more services.
This is unsurprising. The ODSP shelter portion is about $672/month for a single person. It’s very difficult to find shelter for that amount in most places in Ontario, for one.
I have a family member who is on Disability in BC, and they get 375 per month for rent.
Someone I knew became disabled within the last year and she lost her apartment, car, job, everything. She’s in section 8 housing now and can’t work.
My next question is how easy is it to claim disability? How prevalent are fraudulent claims?
Found the landlord.
Found the person fraudulently claiming disability I guess?
If I could get a WSIB claim I wouldn’t be drinking beer at 1am on a Tuesday.
It’s pretty hard.
A lot of people on disability need to get a doctor to re-confirm that they are still unable to work every 6 months, though for some conditions it’s every couple of years instead.
