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Unaffordable housing places significant stress on low-income Halton resi- dents. Over 12,000 Halton Region residents - or 4.7 per cent - are of working poor households, trying to get ahead working multi- ple part-time jobs. When monthly housing costs exceed 30 per cent of the total household in- come, this becomes in- creasingly difficult to af- ford other expenses. Resi-ford other expenses. Resi-f dents have to make tough choices and skimp on ne- cessities like food and transportation. Further- more, individuals may even be forced to uproot themselves or their fami- lies and move to some- where with more afford- able housing. This makes it even more important to look at pover- ty, mobility, and social ser- vices at a regional level, be- cause a tight rental market in Halton can directly im- pact Hamilton. What ap- pear to be low poverty rates in one city, can be hiding a different story about displacement, op- portunity, and uprooted families struggling to stayfamilies struggling to stayf in the community they call home. In Halton, housing costs are continuing to skyrock- et, while vacancy rates continue to fall. Vacancy rates in a healthy rental market are a minimum of three per cent. Community Development Halton re- ports that Halton's vacan- cy rate is 1.3 per cent and it has been below three per cent for over a decade. Coupled with the high- est apartment rent in the GTA, accessing affordable housing in Halton is noth- ing but a dream for many people. For our most vul- nerable citizens, this is particularly true for lone- parents and non-family households, who are more likely to spend greater than 30 per cent of their monthly income on hous- ing. Unaffordable housing has a severe consequence of driving individuals to homelessness. Homeless- ness isn't easily visible in Halton, but it is a major problem. For example, couch surfing - which is when people sleep on a friend or relative's couchfriend or relative's couchf because they have no- where else to stay - is a re- ality for many individuals. According to Home Suite Hope, there have been recorded cases of peo- ple living in cars and sleep- ing on rooftops or restau- rants. Youth have been found climbing into cloth-found climbing into cloth-f ing collection bins and sleeping in them. Home- less Hub Halton recorded that 271 individuals in Hal- ton experienced homeless- ness in 2018. To learn more about un- affordable housing and ways in which you can help, visit United Way Hal- ton & Hamilton's website at www.uwhh.com. Tyler Moon is the senior manager of community impact for United Way Halton and Hamilton, on behalf of the Halton Pover- ty Roundtable. OPINION THE INVISIBLE CRISIS: HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS IN HALTON NEARLY 5 PER CENT OF REGION ARE WORKING POOR HOUSEHOLDS, WRITES MOON TYLER MOON Column SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT INSIDEHALTON.COM