""Affordability isn't about keeping costs down, it's about keeping people in their homes," Chow said. "When we invest in keeping people housed, we're making Toronto more affordable for everyone and we're preventing the far greater cost of homelessness. We're making sure that one bad month or one medical emergency or layoff doesn't destroy the entire family," she added."
""housing is good health care" and stable housing is preventative medicine."
""At University Health Network, we see it everyday, patients in the emergency department as the last thread of the social safety net and in our wards conditions that are really exacerbated and made worse by being subjected to homelessness or the risk of eviction," he said. "We see this with asthma exacerbations and either cold or overcrowded, overheated apartments and worsening diabetes outcomes when people are forced with the impossible decision between food, rent or medication ... This health connection is incredibly real and it's something that thousands of people are facing the"
Toronto will add $2.6 million to its rent bank this year, increasing the program’s budget to $10.8 million and extending assistance to an estimated 600 more households. The rent bank provides grants to help people pay rent, cover arrears or secure new housing, and the expanded funding aims to support more than 3,000 households by 2026. The municipal approach frames affordability as keeping people housed to avoid the far greater costs of homelessness. Stable housing is identified as preventive medicine, with eviction linked to worsened health outcomes such as asthma exacerbations and diabetes complications when people must choose between food, rent or medications.
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