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Figure 1b: Total Housing Expenditure by Federal, Provincial / Territorial (FPT) and
Municipal Governments
4,200
4,000
Consolidated FPT and Local Housing Expenditures, with Trendline
4,113
4,053
3,800
3,750
$ Millions
3,600
3,400
3,420
3,200
3,000
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06
Source: Steve Pomeroy, Where’s the Money Gone? An Analysis of Declining Government Housing Expenditures, Aug.
2007.
It can be noted that while government expenditure under the Affordable Housing
Program (AHP) has increased since 2002, it has not yet returned to the level seen in the
early-mid 90’s.
Soon after federal withdrawal from social housing, the province of Ontario followed suit,
and in 1995 the incoming Government effectively terminated all further funding for nonprofit
and co-operative housing development. This can be observed on the chart below
which shows that between 1995 and 2000, assisted housing production dropped to just
under 2,000 units /year - a 75% decrease in supply. This, combined with the
simultaneous reduction of welfare benefits (social assistance was also reduced by 21%
in 1995) has had a negative affect on affordable housing and social welfare in the
province:
Figure 2b:
Production of Social Housing Units in
Ontario: 1949 - 2000
# Units
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
54,880
170,120
9,215
1949-1972 1973-1995 1995-2000
Source: Data taken from Building Hope Together: Strategies For Creating Housing
In Uncertain Times, March 2003 –Halton Social Planning Council. Graph changed/
simplified by the Author. Social housing is comprised of: mixed co-operative and
private, rent supplement units, co-operative housing, private non-profits, municipal
non-profits and public housing.
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