Steve Swartz

John Dafoe Dept: Steve Swartz slowly opens the battered wooden door of his legendary Spence Street rooming house. He blinks into the sun, greeting two strangers cautiously, according to Winnipeg Free Press. John Dafoe Enlarge Image Steve Swartz in the doorway of his once-grand rooming house. 'I get pissed off. I'd love to go back to work. If I could, I would.' Life has been hard on the 49-year-old. He's been on disability for five years, he says, and never expects to hold another job. Welfare pays $285 toward his $385 monthly rent. He has two rooms, no private bathroom. Swartz has to scramble to make up the rent shortage and feed himself. Enlarge Image (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.