Housing allowance options for Canada

The essence of a housing The key elements of a housing allowance are allowance is that the subsidy is for a particular household, not a specific housing unit. [...] In addition, the overall cost of For example, the age of a person and spouse or some of the options might point to a cost- common-law partner; the presence of children; sharing arrangement between the federal and whether the person is a full-time student; and provincial governments. [...] However, because a program delivered outside The impacts of the flat subsidy option or the the tax system would likely have a lower rent co-pay option on the depth and number of household participation rate than a tax- households in core need will depend on the size administered program, it would likely eliminate of the subsidy relative to the household’s rent or reduce rent burdens for a smaller [...] Unless there In considering a housing allowance program, are phase-out provisions, the flat payment policy makers also need to take into account the option and the rent co-pay option may have impacts of the program on households, the assistance costs that are equal to, higher or housing market, the social services system and lower than the full gap option, depending on the economy that are not the [...] The tie to housing is that the more to provide than demand-side subsidies;16 subsidy is based on housing costs, either for 15 For a review of the U. S. literature on the advantages of economic dispersal the actual unit occupied or for a typical for children, see Ingrid Gould Ellen and Margery Austin Turner, “Does dwelling of the size (and sometimes in the Neighborhood Matter?