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Toronto’s housing market continued to tighten last month as prices edged up four per cent from March and sales moved closer to the level they were at last April, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board revealed Wednesday. April’s average price tumbled 7.8 per cent to $1,153,269, but was roughly four …
Read More »Danforth GO station: Toronto MPP questions lack of affordable housing in Metrolinx sale – Toronto
The Ontario government is under the microscope after allowing the sale of public land to a private buyer without assurances of affordable housing components. On March 8, Metrolinx finalized the sale of their property on 8 Dawes Rd., south of Danforth Avenue, to development company Marlin Spring. With discussions dating …
Read More »‘A drop in the bucket’: New support for tenants forced from B.C. tower, but is it enough? – BC
Residents of a Vancouver Island apartment complex that’s been declared unsafe to live in for the second time in four years got a small piece of good news Thursday — but some say newly-offered supports won’t go far to helping them out of a crisis. Tenants of RidgeView Place in …
Read More »This Halifax woman makes about $50,000 a year – but still can’t find a home
Rae-Leigh MacInnes is tired of not having a place to call home. The 44-year-old is a registered massage therapist and earns about $50,000 a year, but has been homeless for months as she has been unable to secure permanent housing. “I keep trying, every day,” MacInnes told Global News. Read …
Read More »Buyers return to Toronto housing market as prices climb after sluggish period: TRREB
TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says competition between buyers returned to the market last month as the average home price in the area ticked above the average list price for the first time since May 2022. The Ontario board found Wednesday that the average price of a …
Read More »Nova Scotia rent supplement threshold change means people need to pay more to get help – Halifax
A quiet change to a federal-provincial housing supplement means Nova Scotians will have to pay more of their income on housing in order to qualify for government help. Previously, people who spent 30 per cent or more of their pre-tax income on rent or housing costs could qualify for the Canada-Nova …
Read More »Kitsilano resident questions if bias involved in recent removal of homeless camp – BC
Days after East Vancouver residents questioned why tents in a west side park were addressed so quickly, a Kitsilano resident is raising similar concerns about whether an income-related bias exists in terms of how encampments in public parks are dealt with. Growing up on the west side, Alex Trottier said …
Read More »Province pushes Vancouver to speed up housing as council weighs Broadway development
The province is leaning on the City of Vancouver to speed up housing projects, ahead of a key council decision on how fast to allow redevelopment along the Broadway corridor. The City of Vancouver approved its Broadway Plan last year, a sweeping document aimed at guiding development around the new …
Read More »MMF opens 20-unit transitional housing facility on Main Street – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A once-vacant building on Main Street has now turned into transitional housing for Red River Metis citizens as the push to get people off the streets continues. A grand opening was held Monday for Fre Maachi, which means “Fresh Beginnings” in Michif, …
Read More »Ontario municipalities feel impacts of housing law, worry over little audit progress
TORONTO — It has been more than three months since Ontario promised to make municipalities “whole” on a loss of development charge revenue due to a new provincial law, and they say they’re concerned they’ve seen little to no movement. One large city says it is already feeling the impacts …
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