Group 3_relative Poverty

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PRESENTEDBY:

ArethaKhushboo

Nosa

Ayasha

ReducingRELATIVE

POVERTY

CHILDCARE

HOUSING

SOCIALASSISTANCE

INCOME


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+Relative Poverty

The income gap between the rich and poor.

A measure of poverty use in developed countries.

It exists in the presence of basic needs such as food,clean water, shelter and clothing.


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Relative poverty rates for different income thresholds, mid-2000. Relative poverty rates at 40, 50and 60% of median income thresholds. Source: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and

Development. (2008). Growing Unequal: Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Nations.Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/422066332325. Paris: OECD.

RELATIVE POVERTY RATES


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+Social Assistance

nTwo programs:

Ontario works

Ontario disability support program (ODSP)


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+Possible Recommendation

n Improve access to services for people with low income.

n Increase minimum wage above the poverty line.

n Expand full day kindergarten programs for singlemothers.

n A stronger social safety net


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+HOUSING

n A significant aspect of income inequality and poverty indeveloped nations is its relation to housing affordability

n A social determinant of health as Canada hasundergone significant policy shifts in this area thathave led to both a housing crisis and ahomelessness disaster

n Spending large amounts of income on housing reduces

resources available for other SDH such as food andrecreation


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+HOUSING AND INCOME


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Rental Housing


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+Rental Housing

nThe rate of allowable rent increases for 2012 will be 3.1per cent

n Ontario's annual Rent Increase Guideline is based onthe Ontario Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is ameasure of inflation calculated monthly by StatisticsCanada

nThe average yearly increase from 1993 - 2003 was 3.17

per cent

nThe average yearly increase from 2004-2011 was 1.89per cent.


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Real Estate


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Social Housing

n Ontarios four non-market housing models:

n Public

n Non-profit

n Co-operative

n Private non-profit and municipal non-profitn an analysis of stakeholderresponsibilities in areas ofadministration and

management display apattern of reduceddistinctiveness in thesemodels

MEANT TO BE

DISTINCT

BUT


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Social Housing

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+PROBLEMS?

n Rental costs have far outpaced income increasesamong low-income renters in virtually all Canadianurban areas

nThe federal and some provincial governments withdrewfrom social housing provision during the 1990s

n Some provincial governments have abolished rentcontrol which has reduced affordability in the private

rental market

THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR IS INCREASING ONTHE BASIS OF RELATIVE POVERTY, WHERE NOT EVERYONE CANAFFORD A GOOD SHELTER TO SPARE EXTRA MONEY TOWARDS RECREATIO

THE STANDARD OF LIVING FOR LOW-INCOME EARNERS IS VERY LOWRELATIVE TO MIDDLE OR HIGH-INCOME EARNERS; WITH NOT EVEN BASICACCESS TO CERTAIN AMENITIES SUCH AS ELECTRICITY AND RUNNINGWATER


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+AFFORDABLE HOUSING CANREDUCE RELATIVE POVERTY

n reduce the low-income numbers able to affordshelter without struggling

n Increase standard of living have extra money to take

part in recreation

n Decrease homelessness and housing crisishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6

n a close to equitable level of population in terms ofaccess to basic necessities high-income earners willstill benefit from decreased housing prices includinglow-income earners being able to rent it within theirincome range reducing relative poverty in terms of

access to affordable shelter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6abZ0LFT5CQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6abZ0LFT5CQ


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+PROBLEMS?

n Rental costs have far outpaced income increasesamong low-income renters in virtually all Canadianurban areas

nThe federal and some provincial governments withdrewfrom social housing provision during the 1990s

n Some provincial governments have abolished rentcontrol which has reduced affordability in the private

rental market

THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR IS INCREASING ONTHE BASIS OF RELATIVE POVERTY, WHERE NOT EVERYONE CANAFFORD A GOOD SHELTER TO SPARE EXTRA MONEY TOWARDS RECREATIO

THE STANDARD OF LIVING FOR LOW-INCOME EARNERS IS VERY LOWRELATIVE TO MIDDLE OR HIGH-INCOME EARNERS; WITH NOT EVEN BASICACCESS TO CERTAIN AMENITIES SUCH AS ELECTRICITY AND RUNNING

WATER


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+AFFORDABLE HOUSING CANREDUCE RELATIVE POVERTY

n reduce the low-income numbers able to affordshelter without struggling

n Increase standard of living have extra money to take

part in recreation

n Decrease homelessness and housing crisishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6

n a close to equitable level of population in terms ofaccess to basic necessities high-income earners willstill benefit from decreased housing prices includinglow-income earners being able to rent it within theirincome range reducing relative poverty in terms of

access to affordable shelter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6abZ0LFT5CQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6abZ0LFT5CQ


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Mission Statement

nAccess for all to Full-DayKindergarten: One of the

measures to alleviate relativepoverty in Ontario.


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Why the program is important?


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+Problems

nThe Commission on the Reform of Ontario PublicServices recommends the cancellation of the full-daykindergarten (FDK) program, without prejudice toschools that already had FDK before the introduction ofthis government strategy. The Ministry of Educationshould carefully develop phase-out provisions so that achild who had a full day in junior kindergarten wouldnot move to a half day in senior kindergarten, and sothat purpose-built spaces are appropriately utilized for

child care.

n OECD reports that there are long waiting lists exist incommunity services in several jurisdictions, including incentres catering for children with special needs

n A general stagnation in quality across the board has


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+Advantages

n Full-day kindergarten provides four- and five-year-oldswith a seamless and integrated day that includes:

1. An engaging, play-based educational program

during the regular school day.

2. Integrated programs before and after schoolhours designed to complement the regular school day.

These are optional and are offered to parents for a

reasonable fee. Subsidies will be available for somefamilies based on need. Boards are not required to offerthe before- and after-school programs if there is notenough demand.

n In September 2010, FDK was launched in nearly 600

schools across Ontario. The rollout has continued in


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Children, Parents, Staff Report Benefits ofFull-Day Early Learning Kindergarten inPeel

Children in the FDELK were ahead of children in the control group invocabulary and reading, in early reading, in phonological awareness,and in early number knowledge.

The senior kindergarten children but not the junior kindergartenchildren, were ahead in writing. In drawing, all children in both groupsdepicted play and social activities more often than any otherimages. The FDELK children demonstrated more complex and detaileddrawings than the control group

Parents of FDELK children rated their children as being more readythan parents of the control children for social, academic and physicalactivities.

FDELK parents also reported the benefits of school-childcare-community programming integration, reporting that they experienced

fewer daily hassles and stress factors when programs and serviceswork together.

Staff in FDELK feel that they are strongly supported by their localcommunities.

n March 21, 2012


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+Strategies

1. Community Based Participatory Research.

2. Present reports

3. Circulate Petitions

4. Advocate to a specific political ideology:NDP

5. Satisfy Winners and losers

6. Personal Stories and Images


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+Income

n Increasing disparity with between rich and poor

nThe number of millionaires in Canada rises and so doesthe number of people living in poverty (statistic to be

inserted)

n Cost to society (costs more in the future to havepeople living in poverty than to help them in thepresent)


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+Strategy

n Need for a national poverty reduction strategy

n Need for less market intervention in politics

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