As Canada faces a growing affordable housing shortage, one Toronto-area college is pairing students with seniors in an effort to help find them accommodations as the school year begins.
Humber College has announced a partnership with online home share technology platform, Spaces Shared, to pair students looking for accommodation with seniors who have extra space as an affordable housing option. And according to the college, more than 500 students have already signed up.
Humber College isn't the only school trying to ease housing pressures through pairing with seniors. In April, Georgian College signed up for a similar program with Spaces Shared and another similar online platform, Homestay, to pair domestic and international students with local residents in Barrie.As unfamiliar as it may sound, some international students living with Canadian seniors say there couldn't have been a better living arrangement.
Hubert was a young teenager in Holland during the Second World War. He says his family took in two Jews and lied to their neighbours to protect them. He says those years left a deep impact on him that continued to shape his experiences even after moving to Canada in 1953.In the last three decades, Hubert and Monica have lived with dozens of international students and immigrants.
"You want to continue being part of the community and to be able to share whatever knowledge and wisdom I have with a younger generation," Hubert said.
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