Introducing the Housing Hardship Concept

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Learn more about the Housing Hardship measure — a housing affordability indicator. It assesses if households can afford basic living needs and housing expenses.

This Research Insight:

discusses how this measure directly assesses whether a household can afford necessary basic goods and services — like food and transportation — in addition to housing expenses
looks at housing-induced hardship — where households that do not have sufficient income left over after housing costs to pay for the necessities
presents initial figures and discusses these preliminary results at the national and provincial levels, as well as for selected Canadian cities

This report is part of the Research Insight series.