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Affordability is possibly the hottest political topic in Ontario at the moment. It was a top issue in this past spring’s provincial election, and is certain to be a key issue in local campaigns leading up to the Oct. 24 municipal elections. So perhaps it’s no surprise that the Progressive Conservative government’s …
Read More »More people living in RVs on Vernon, B.C., streets because they can’t find a home, housing advocates say
Robert Brown never thought he’d be living like this — all of his possessions crammed into an old, 30-foot motorhome, moving from place to place in search of some place to rent or park his RV. Brown and his partner Mathie Franchuck moved to Vernon, B.C., one month ago on a promise …
Read More »A ceiling collapsed at a Toronto housing complex. Now residents could be waiting years to return home
Sharon Smith has been through a lot since having to leave her home of 21 years earlier this summer. She is one of many residents forced to leave Swansea Mews, a community housing complex just west of High Park on Windermere Avenue near the Queensway, after a ceiling collapsed and …
Read More »Developers, housing advocate criticize development fee increase amid housing crisis
A representative of the development industry and a housing advocate are warning that a recent decision by Toronto city council to raise the cost of building new housing could further squeeze the city’s supply and result in less affordable housing. Council voted in July to hike development charges by 46 per …
Read More »‘Yes, In God’s Backyard’: Affordable housing proposed on site of Scarborough church
A new development company associated with the United Church of Canada is trying to breathe new life into a Scarborough church that officially closed in 2019 — by building affordable housing on the site while keeping some of its gathering spaces alive. Kindred Works wants to build an 11-storey tower and two rows of townhouses …
Read More »Critics demand less talk, more action on zoning plan to tackle Toronto’s housing ’emergency’
Critics are frustrated that city staff want to hold more consultations on a popular proposal to open up more neighbourhoods to multi-family residential units, instead of acting more quickly to tackle Toronto’s worsening housing crisis. A report going to city council’s Planning and Housing Committee next week lays out a blueprint to expand the development of multiplexes with …
Read More »After grim housing affordability report, critics look to Doug Ford’s government for a plan
Critics say a recent report from the federal government’s housing agency is another grim sign that Ontario politicians are not only dropping the ball on affordability, but at a level that they didn’t anticipate. Last Thursday, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) released forecasts that suggest the province’s goal …
Read More »What Doug Ford’s new cabinet faces: inflation, housing crisis, union talks
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will unveil his new cabinet on Friday morning in what is forecast to be glorious sunshine outside of Queen’s Park. But after that, stormy economic and political weather looms for Ford’s second-term government. Ontario confronts the highest rate of inflation in nearly 40 years, an economic …
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