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A Collaborative Research Project on Poverty in Surrey
PROGRESS REPORT JULY 11, 2011
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Our committee
Working closely with Surrey City staff, Fraser Health representatives and SPARC BC — Social Planning and Research Council of BC
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• Vibrant Surrey• Surrey Homelessness and Housing Task Force• Housing and Homelessness Society
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Surrey is playing a leadership role• poverty rate is below the provincial and
regional averages• homeless counts show reduced
numbers of homeless • less people living on the streets
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Surrey is playing a leadership role• partnerships with the province are
making a difference • the City’s support is showing
tangible results
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Poverty is a large, troubling and persistent problem• our research shows that about 16,000
Surrey families lived in low income during 2006
• this represents 15.6 per centof all families
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Breaking the cycle of poverty• Transportation
• Housing
• Income
• Supports
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TRANSPORTATION• it costs $5,750 to operate a vehicle• fuel costs in 2009 were $1,920 • a monthly transit pass is $151 if you
live in Surrey and work in Vancouver• transportation is essential for
employment opportunities
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HOUSING• Surrey’s housing prices are
more affordable • average Surrey rent in 2010 was $811 per
month (22% below the regional average)• 1 in 10 renter households spend 50%
or more of their income on housing• waiting lists for social housing are
getting longer• affordable housing makes a difference
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INCOME• Surrey is successful at providing for a
high quality of life for many residents• 15.6 per cent of Surrey families are in
low income
• groups under stress include new immigrant households, seniors, Aboriginal people, single parent families plus working poor and low income families
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INCOME• The National Council on Welfare says
that a two-parent-two-child BC family received $21,016 in 2008
• $5,000 per person—or $300 a week—to cover all basic needs
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SUPPORT• affordable child care
• access to education and opportunities
• a strong social safety net
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SUPPORT• the types of initiatives that are in place
around the family child tax benefit and supports for seniors are working
• after tax changes have reduced the incidence of poverty for families in Surrey from 16,000 to 12,000
• the poverty rate for seniors went from 16.4 per cent to 8.7 per cent
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will make a difference• community-based solutions• facts and dialogue• community forums• recommendations to council in
early 2012
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