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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(...)

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(...)

Date12/30/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 officials say no one should spend more than 27 per cent of income on accommodation. If that's enough to make mortage payments, then a house can be safely purchased.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113559F
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(...)
7/6/1965
Co-directors Diana Jardine and David Butt (foreground) look over plans for their project, called Autonomous Housing, that will house 15 Metro families(...)
Co-directors Diana Jardine and David Butt (foreground) look over plans for their project, called Autonomous Housing, that will house 15 Metro families(...)
10/30/1977
One of a handful of little-known women who have carved out places for themselves in the behind-the-scenes world of entertainment (where the power lies(...)
One of a handful of little-known women who have carved out places for themselves in the behind-the-scenes world of entertainment (where the power lies(...)
2/20/1970
Warden woods, the Ontario Housing development for families and senior citizens, contains the homes of four women who discuss problems of single parent(...)
Warden woods, the Ontario Housing development for families and senior citizens, contains the homes of four women who discuss problems of single parent(...)
6/3/1971
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
It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer
It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer
6/2/1970
families that hope to capture the fortune willed by Charles Millar find themselves in the spotlight of public attention these days. John Nagle, husban(...)
families that hope to capture the fortune willed by Charles Millar find themselves in the spotlight of public attention these days. John Nagle, husban(...)
8/29/1936
When C.W.A.C. personnel moved out of Kildare Annex in Ottawa the Veterans' Housing league exercised squatters' rights and moved in homeless veterans' families
When C.W.A.C. personnel moved out of Kildare Annex in Ottawa the Veterans' Housing league exercised squatters' rights and moved in homeless veterans' families
9/5/1946
Ontario Housing Corp. Ltd. will ask the North York Planning Board today for permision to build a socially integrated, public housing project beside Yo(...)
Ontario Housing Corp. Ltd. will ask the North York Planning Board today for permision to build a socially integrated, public housing project beside Yo(...)
1/12/1966
Eric Howes, Scarborough General Hospital's first chaplain says sick people ask ultimate questions about life, its pupose, and death: questions he can't answer, he says
Eric Howes, Scarborough General Hospital's first chaplain says sick people ask ultimate questions about life, its pupose, and death: questions he can't answer, he says
11/11/1989
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
An 11-year-old Boy, Billy, Martin, was among the demonstrators who chained themselves in a house on Bleecker St
An 11-year-old Boy, Billy, Martin, was among the demonstrators who chained themselves in a house on Bleecker St
7/6/1972