{"id":983,"date":"2026-01-10T09:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/solving-torontos-homelessness-whats-the-cost\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T09:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:02:12","slug":"solving-torontos-homelessness-whats-the-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/solving-torontos-homelessness-whats-the-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Solving Toronto’s Homelessness: What’s the Cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto faces a growing homelessness crisis, with hundreds bracing for winter without proper housing. A recent analysis explores the financial implications of providing permanent housing for the city’s outdoor population, estimated at 1,615 people. The upfront capital costs are estimated at $444 million, based on a cost of $275,000 per unit, similar to the Dunn House supportive housing site. Ongoing costs could range from $7,300 to $48,000 per unit annually, depending on the level of support services. While the initial investment is significant, experts argue it’s a more effective long-term solution than temporary fixes. Portable subsidies offer immediacy but lack long-term security. The article highlights the need for a spectrum of housing options and increased government funding to address the root causes of homelessness in Toronto. For a deeper dive, read the original article on thestar.com.<\/p>\n

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Addressing Toronto’s homelessness requires significant investment. A new analysis explores the cost of housing the city’s homeless population and the need for long-term solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[210,189,182,470,442,207],"class_list":["post-983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-residential","tag-affordable-housing","tag-development","tag-gta","tag-homelessness","tag-housing-crisis","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}