Currently this is compounded by the outrageous cost of living in any city and the heavy discrimination towards the homeless. Further away but still canada Ontario is $1200 cad for a 2 bedroom and $900 for single, that's at it's cheapest point. However If you're paying for it by welfare be it disability or Ontarios version of unemployment - you'll be denied. Doesn't matter if you have the money upfront and guaranteed, landlords don't want people who are homeless. Government housing is a 2-5 year waiting list. There's people right now on disability whom can have rent covered in its entirety, apartment complex landlords refuse. Yet some wonder how homelessness continues.