Housing

LORINC: Fiddling while Toronto burns

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With Doug Ford’s Tories systematically confiscating Toronto council’s capacity to govern – from political representation to transit... Read More

Suburban land use & climate change: Making the connections and taking action

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In the wake of the sudden and unexpected announcement of the termination of her position, the Environmental Commissioner for the... Read More

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 032, Housing Toronto

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In this episode, we look at housing from a number of angles. Spacing Senior Editor John Lorinc and urban planner Cheryll Case give us... Read More

Three areas that will help relieve Toronto’s housing crisis

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George Popper is a Toronto architect While Toronto desperately needs affordable housing, I believe the first step towards that goal is... Read More

LORINC: What’s the big idea behind Housing Now?

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John Tory’s executive committee convenes today to consider, among other items, the fleshed out implementation strategy for the first... Read More

LORINC: How reducing development charges will spur the ‘missing middle’

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While city council tries to figure out how to confront a made-in-Toronto housing affordability crisis, Ontario’s Progressive... Read More

A modest proposal for reforming Toronto’s Land Transfer Tax

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By Zack Taylor Few topics have pre-occupied Toronto’s budget watchers more over the past decade than the city’s land transfer tax... Read More

Guest Op-ed: Building a Waterfront City in Toronto

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OP-ED: By City Councillor Joe Cressy Revitalizing our waterfront is the largest and longest-lasting project that we will leave for... Read More