In Halton, there are more than 1,900 applications on the wait list for affordable housing.
There are 40% more low income families in Halton today than in 2000*
*Community Lens, no. 62, February 2011)
There has been a 21% increase in the use of food banks in the 905 Region since 2009.
Poverty affects us all. The long term illnesses and social distress that arise from our failure to deal with poverty cost us millions of dollars.
More than a quarter of recent immigrants to Halton live in poverty.
Through education and advocacy, Poverty Free Halton’s non-partisan volunteer committee works to highlight the issues of poverty in the region and offer solutions to all levels of government. We believe that the solutions to poverty are within grasp, we just need the political will to obtain them.
