Housing
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“Homes for the People”: The Toronto Housing Company
The current housing crunch is far from the first that Toronto has experienced. This story, originally published on Torontoist on September 11, 2013, looks...
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LORINC: The Tories’ use-it-or-lose housing ruse
On the north-east corner of Bathurst and St. Clair West sits a snazzy purpose-built condo sales office, ostensibly there to promote Foret, a giant...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: The housing planets align
The housing file, as everyone knows, is burning hotter than the forests in western Canada, but might this issue be having a moment? I’m struck by a...
By John Lorinc -
Re-imagining laneways in Toronto
What’s missing in the media coverage about laneway suites is a discussion about the laneways themselves. Currently, they are primarily used for driving...
By Dean Goodman -
Reimagining Chinatown: In conversation with the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust
Chinatown has always reimagined. Rooted in a history of racialized exclusion, Chinatown communities dared to reimagine who gets to belong within Canadian...
By Linda Zhang -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 072, From Leipzig With Love
This Spring, Spacing Radio had the opportunity to take the show on the road to the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany. Now that the whole...
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OP-ED: Why we’re on a rent strike
The Tenants at 71, 75, and 79 Thorncliffe Park Drive have taken a stand against our landlords, PSP Investments and Starlight Investments. On May 1, 2023...
By Sameer Beyan and Jawad Ukani -
Love Park, and loving parks
Toronto has a new park devoted to love, and it’s already been the venue for two weddings. The final day of the Park People 2023 national conference held...
By Ian Darragh -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 071, Toronto’s next mayor and the job ahead
The June 26th mayoral by-election is coming up fast. We’ve seen plenty of debate, a crowded field of candidates, and increased voter engagement...
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MAYOR’S RACE: What’s missing from the housing debate
As in so many other fast-growing big cities, housing affordability has become Toronto’s ur-issue — the crisis that touches absolutely everything...
By John Lorinc -
City Visions Book Series: Yes to the City
Location: Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building – Room250 Apotex Lecture Hall Time: Friday, June 2, 5:30 – 7:30 (book talk 6-7) Join us as Max Holleran...
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OP-ED: Making encampments obsolete should be a priority for Toronto’s next mayor
No one wants encampments. Not the people who live in them, who would almost certainly rather live in a stable, adequate home. Not the neighbours, who want...
By Alan Broadbent and Elizabeth McIsaac