Continued investment in transitional and supportive housing is critical as well. That's not the area that TCHC, my organization, focuses on. However, I will say there are likely thousands of individuals currently living in Toronto community housing and likely thousands more living in social housing all across the country who would theoretically qualify for access to supportive housing.
Most people would argue that our lack of community housing is probably about half. We're meeting half the needs of the market all across the country.
When you look at supportive housing, we're probably meeting less than 10% of the need all across the country. It's critical that we focus on providing supportive housing. It is more expensive to provide; there are higher operating costs associated with doing it. I commend the government for focusing a portion of the funding directly on providing more supportive housing. It's a critical area of need that we see.
