St. Albert Housing Society
2236, 13 Mission Avenue T8N 1H6 Saint Albert, AB, Canada

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The evidence clearly showyet againthat housing is the solution for homelessness, even for those with the most complex needs. For some, supportive housing is all that’s needed. However, apart from this fairly well-acknowledged position, the evidence review helps provide further support from income supports in the form of rent subsidies/supplements. These continue to face some resistance due to the cost and in the face of the scale of need in Canada. SUPPORT ST ALBERT HOUSING SOCIETY help others. If 400 St Albert families donated $50 a month we could help so many vulnerable families. St Albert has about 29000 households. We can do this.

LITERACY AND POVERTY REDUCTION Post by: Jenn Rossiter Literacy improvement provides low-skilled adults with resources to face challenges in everyday liferesources such as improved confidence, greater autonomy, and increased resilience. Frontier College conducted a comprehensive study to analyze literacy service providers and offer best practices in programming, providing a snapshot of the current state of literacy programming across Canada, along with recommendations for an ...integrated poverty reduction strategy framework. Read the full article at:

Homeless numbers are approximately 110 per St.AlbertFoodBank stats. You can help families who are struggling, by donating to our HOMEConnections program. www.StAlbertHousingSociety.com

High housing costs affect renters as much as they do homeowners. But in most Canadian cities, there are only 9% of neighbourhoods that make it possible for a minimum wage single income worker to afford a one or two bedroom unit without using more than 30% of their income. Many households rely on one income but have more than one person in the unit relying on the one income. Nationally in 2020, the rental wage for a full-time worker would need to be $...22.40 an hour in order to afford an average priced two bedroom apartment without using more than 30% of their income. The rental housing wage for a one-bedroom apartment is slightly less at $20.20 an hour for a full-time worker. In the 1990’s the average rental wage for a two bedroom apartment was fairly consistent at just over $17 an hour. But, like house prices, the rental housing wage has risen sharply with a two bedroom rental housing wage hitting $17.63 an hour in 2001, and now sitting at just over $20 an hour. In 2020, of the estimated 4.8 million families who will rent their homes, 2.4 million will be considered in core housing need based on the income component of CMHC’s definition. The five most common occupations; admin assistants, retail salespersons, cashiers, food counter workers and beverage servers represent 1.8 million of Canadian workers or 12% of all jobs. These jobs are over-whelmingly low-paid and often part-time. Until the minimum wage for all provinces is pushing $20 per hour and the jobs are full-time, rental costs will remain a burden on these workers. In some provinces, like Alberta, landlords can increase the rent by any amount they choose if there is no lease or once the lease has ended. This also effectively allows landlords to evict tenants on a whim. In other provinces, like Ontario B.C. and Manitoba, landlords are largely restricted in their increases which provides more certainty and stability to tenants See more

YEG Housing Month is an annual event that aims to raise awareness of the various safe, affordable housing initiatives and sustainable strategies the City of Edmonton has been implementing towards a collective goal to end homelessness. This month coincides with National Housing Day in Canada on November 22.

MLA Marie Renaud experiments with living on AISH amount for month of October.