Feed the Kids
    AND
        Pay the Rent                  

Facts:

• The average rent in Ottawa for a
  2-bedroom apartment is $914
  and a 3-bedroom apartment is $1,090
  
  
• A single mother with one child
  receives a welfare cheque of $853;
  $511 is the most she can get for the
  cost of housing; Anything above this
  that is paid in rent must come
  out of food money.
  
  
• A couple with two children
  receives a welfare cheque of $1021.50
  $602 is the most they can get for the
  cost of housing; Anything above this
  that is paid in rent must come
  out of food money.

This means that for many families in Ontario
they have to CHOOSE between
Paying their Rent
or
Feeding their Children

Shouldn’t welfare pay for the average cost of rent?

Campaign Created by:
Somerset West Action Network (SWAN)
provincial campaign coordinator: Candice Beale

Campaign Supported by

Advocacy Centre for Tenants - Ontario (ACTO),
Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA),
DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN) Ontario,
Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC),
Ontario Social Safety Network
Somerset West Action Network (SWAN),
The Workfare Watch Project

Poster adapted by DAWN from poster designed by volunteer union labour.
Printing donated by the National Union of Public and General Employees

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