Losing Ground
Toronto warning signs
- Insolvency rates:
52.3 % (2000-2005) - Applications for evictions for non payment of rent: 26 % (1999-2005)
- Debt management caseloads: 50 % (2001-2006)
- Use of Food Banks in Toronto on the rise while it declines for the rest of the province
- Payday loan and cheque cashing outlets: from 39 (1995) to 317 (2007)
Payday lending and cheque cashing outlets showing low-income family areas
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