Why worry about poor neighbourhoods?
Shouldn’t we concentrate on helping poor people? Of course,
United Way of Greater Toronto cares deeply about both. We are
concerned about the profound human cost of poverty on individuals
and families who struggle not only to survive, but to participate
fully as citizens. This report, however, focuses on the geography
of poverty, because neighbourhood poverty has a devastating human
cost and also damages the economic and social vitality of an entire
region, affecting the quality of life for everyone in Toronto.
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