Housing Wait-Lists Long

Some low-income people in the Rainy River district are waiting up to two years for housing.

That according a report by the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association.

Executive Director Sharad Kerur says longer wait times and a rise in the number of people seeking social housing continues to be a trend right across the province.

"We don't have enough affordable housing supply being built in Ontario," says Kerur. "There's also an affordability issue with people not being able to afford the kind of shelter they already have."

According to the Association, the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board has 37 people on wait lists for housing, compared with 24 last year.

Kerur says the numbers could be much highers with some people living with family and not registering on housing lists or those who don't have immediate access to local housing centers.