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New quarters for low-income families? These are the swimming-pool equipped maisonettes in Etobicoke where the province plans to relocate low-income fa(...)
New quarters for low-income families? These are the swimming-pool equipped maisonettes in Etobicoke where the province plans to relocate low-income fa(...)

New quarters for low-income families? These are the swimming-pool equipped maisonettes in Etobicoke where the province plans to relocate low-income fa(...)

Date7/6/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: New quarters for low-income families? These are the swimming-pool equipped maisonettes in Etobicoke where the province plans to relocate low-income families. They currently are renting for $150 to $175 a month. On Robinglade Dr. near Highway 27 and Rathburn Rd., they would be rented by the province for $50 to $150 a month. To complaints that newcomers would get better accommodation than some residents, the reply was: the poor people can swim, too.
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In the shadow of poverty: Dorothy Piper is an unemployed widow, with three young sons, and, like many other low-income families in Metro, they face the real prospect of hunger
In the shadow of poverty: Dorothy Piper is an unemployed widow, with three young sons, and, like many other low-income families in Metro, they face the real prospect of hunger
7/26/1983
Hazelburn Co-op on Jarvis St. was built to provide housing for low-to-moderate-income families. NDP housing minister Dave Cooke wants more affordable (...)
Hazelburn Co-op on Jarvis St. was built to provide housing for low-to-moderate-income families. NDP housing minister Dave Cooke wants more affordable (...)
6/13/1990
Street view of road winding through treeless, low-rise townhouse complex. Left, brick bungalows ...
Maisonettes near Richview sideroad and Royal York Road, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario
1954-06
Buy a house or rent an apartment? It's a question many families ask themselves, the answer lies wholly in the size of the family income. Housing offic(...)
Buy a house or rent an apartment? It's a question many families ask themselves, the answer lies wholly in the size of the family income. Housing offic(...)
12/30/1966
Mrs. Gerald soars, left, Mrs. Bryan Bonthron make sure their youngsters enjoy sun. Mrs. Soars lives in one of development's maisonettes. Bonthrons hav(...)
Mrs. Gerald soars, left, Mrs. Bryan Bonthron make sure their youngsters enjoy sun. Mrs. Soars lives in one of development's maisonettes. Bonthrons hav(...)
7/9/1965
Desmond Christopher, left, head of the residents' council of St. James Town, above, sticks his foot through broken door at the complex. The project is home to more than 12,000 low- and moderate income people.
Desmond Christopher, left, head of the residents' council of St. James Town, above, sticks his foot through broken door at the complex. The project is home to more than 12,000 low- and moderate income people.
2/26/1987
Architectural rendering of planned maisonettes for Flemingdon Park (black and white).
Flemingdon Park : maisonettes attractive for families
1958
Paved pathway bordered by blocks of lawn and shrubs runs between two rows of brick townhouses. ...
Maisonettes at Flemingdon Park, North York, Toronto, Ontario
11/17/1966
Maisonettes near Richview sideroad and Royal York Road
Maisonettes near Richview sideroad and Royal York Road
6/1/1984
Harvey Savage, former associate director of Ontario Legal Aid Plan, says community legal aid is a sleeping giant that removes confusion about complexity of legal system for low income people
Harvey Savage, former associate director of Ontario Legal Aid Plan, says community legal aid is a sleeping giant that removes confusion about complexity of legal system for low income people
8/13/1979
Lorna Jackson: Mayor of Vaughan was criticized for resisting low-income housing
Lorna Jackson: Mayor of Vaughan was criticized for resisting low-income housing
6/11/1986
Pushed out: Young professionals moving into remodelled Victorian homes push out low income earners
Pushed out: Young professionals moving into remodelled Victorian homes push out low income earners
9/10/1984