You save
a lot when you take our services. Given below is a typical
expenditure chart of a new immigrant to Canada (for one
person only), showing one of a client of Habitat (enhanced
package) and another one showing without the assistance
of Habitat for the first month, assuming 15 days stay in
a motel and then shifting to a apartment.
Type
of expense
PER
PERSON
|
Without
our Service
|
With
our Service
|
Taxi/Cab fare from the airport
|
$40 (to a typical motel)
|
$0 (to our guest house)
|
Stay for the initial 15 days
|
$900 ($60 per day for 15 days)
|
$0 (in our guest house, free for 15 days)
|
Stay for the next 15 days
|
$400 (apartment rent for 15 days)
|
$300 (in our guest house)
|
Security Deposit in accommodation (usually 2 months deposit)
|
$1600 (assuming a monthly rent of $800)
|
$0
|
Purchase of furniture like bed, table, chairs etc.
|
$3000
|
$0
|
Food costs in the motel for first 15 days
|
$900 ($30 per day, eating out)
|
$125 (per month typical, if cooking by oneself in our guest house)
|
Processing your bank account, SIN, Health Card.
|
$400 ($50 a ride, 4 round trips)
|
$0 (our officers arrange rides)
|
Travel expenses by taxi to the placement agencies.
|
$500 (10 round trips, that is 20 rides total to 10 agencies, $25 per ride)
|
$0 (our placement service will keep you updated, will call you).
|
Miscellaneous expenses
|
$1000 (cell phone, phone line, electricity etc)
|
$0 (we supply cell phones, phone line etc)
|
TOTAL
|
$8740
|
$425
|
So
as is seen from the chart above, you pay only $425 with
our help whereas you would have to pay $8740 for expenses
if you were going alone to the country and had no one to
help you. This makes our fees only about one-third of the
amount you will save, when you take our service.
You
are welcome to stay in our guest house as long as you want
at a payment of $150 per week, payable in advance, so you
save the lumpsum expense of $3000 for all times.
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