Housing
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A Parkdale airbnb eviction story (but not what you think)
Last week, I learned that my landlords had succeeded in evicting me from my apartment in Parkdale, a beautiful but not inexpensive flat on the...
By Chris Frey -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 040, Canadian Cities Vote
Before Canada elects a new federal government, we thought we’d take a look at what the various parties are talking about, or neglecting to talk...
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Is John Tory’s Housing Now plan crumbling?
In the fall of 2018, Toronto Mayor John Tory promised to deliver 40,000 new units of affordable-housing over the next 12-years. A year later, and almost...
By Mark Richardson -
The missing middle and the case for density transition zones
Over the past 20 years, Toronto has grown by over 500,000 people, even as its neighbourhoods have hollowed-out, with the loss of over 200,000 residents...
By Blair Scorgie -
LORINC: Is Toronto one small step closer to finding the missing middle?
At last week’s Toronto Urban Design Awards, Mayor John Tory announced that the City will launch an “ideas competition” meant to generate “new options” for...
By John Lorinc -
How to build a low-rise apartment building
If you’re in the Bloor and Dufferin neighbourhood a couple of summers from now and happen to head north on Dufferin, just past the subway station, you’ll...
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Is there a smarter way to spend Toronto’s housing dollars?
In June, 2019, Toronto’s Auditor General, Beverly Romeo-Beehler published an audit on Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) housing. According to her report...
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EXCLUSIVE: John Tory discusses housing goals and planning reforms
Later this fall, city council will receive the first of what will likely be a long series of planning reports responding to a July motion (MM9.36) moved...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 037, Ken Greenberg’s Toronto
To celebrate three years of the Spacing Radio, we have an in-depth conversation with urban designer Ken Greenberg. We talk about his new book...
By Spacing Radio -
LORINC: New residential density plans a small step in right direction
Toronto council today took one small step towards a more rational and potentially more equitable residential land use planning policy with a motion, moved...
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GORD PERKS: The risks of the financialization of housing
Premier Doug Ford says weakening planning law will get more housing built and that will solve our affordable housing crisis. This appeals to people who...
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LORINC: Ford Nation’s growth plan cruises across the finish line
Now that Mayor John Tory has put the muzzle back on his political attack puppy, it’s safe to conclude that nothing else stands between the Ford government...
By John Lorinc