... single mothers and their children, Aboriginal persons, and other low- and moderate-income families and indi-viduals. The creation of new affordable homes has also had a sig-nificant impact on the ... weakness of the U.S. recovery, have created ongoing uncer-tainty for the near-term future of the Canadian economy. Recent forecasts by leading economists and by the Governor of the Bank of Canada ... are feeling the strain of increasing costs of home owner-ship. They are also feeling the impact of decades of low levels of purpose-built rental accommodation, low vacancy rates, and rising...