Housing
LORINC: How to expedite affordable housing during a crisis
By John Lorinc
With the launch of the annual budget slam dance, at the beginning of a new term of city council, on this, the 25th anniversary of... Read More
EXCERPT: Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic
By Shawn Micallef
The following is the afterword by Spacing‘s Shawn Micallef in the new book Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a... Read More
LORINC: Toronto’s Rooming House deal: Solving the ultimate puzzle
By John Lorinc
Toronto is a city whose residents are encouraged (or encourage one another) to dislike certain things, but who have also forgotten (or... Read More
LORINC: The devil will be in the details of John Tory’s housing action plan
By John Lorinc
Update: Council passed Mayor John Tory’s Housing Action Plan, with a raft of tweaks, including a provision to require parking... Read More
LORINC: Will Toronto defend its rental replacement law from Doug Ford?
By John Lorinc
In the late 1990s, then St. Paul’s West councillor Joe Mihevc took up the cause of several hundred tenants, many of them... Read More
PODCAST: Election Panel with Lorraine Lam and John Lorinc
By Spacing Radio
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we are bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the... Read More
Election Panel: the 905 Edition
By Spacing Radio
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we are bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the... Read More
LORINC: What’s missing from the missing middle debate
By John Lorinc
City council has spent the past few years chipping away at the walls surrounding that seemingly impregnable fortress otherwise known... Read More
ELECTION: Toronto is a highrise, rental city – unlike City Council
By Sean Marshall
Last week, Statistics Canada released the latest set of data from the 2021 Census, which included information on housing type and... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 067, Toronto Election: the case against a strong mayor system
By Spacing Radio
Another election, another surprise announcement from Premier Doug Ford that throws it all into disarray. Ford’s proposal for... Read More