Housing
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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...
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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...
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Women’s urban citizenship: the history of purpose-built apartments for women
From turn of the century boarding houses to today’s condo boom, housing has long been both the gateway and the barrier to the city for single working...
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OP-ED: Toronto’s planning needs less politics, not more
Brad Bradford is a Toronto city councillor and former urban planner When I saw Doug Ford’s new planning legislation my first thought was “wow...
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LORINC: Want affordable housing? Then Ford shouldn’t sell publicly-owned land
To my eye, the Ford government’s housing “action plan” — which was released late last week in a conspicuously over-stuffed news cycle that also included...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 034, Provincial Creatures
This month we look at how major swings in provincial politics are affecting cities across Canada. We talk to journalist and Walkcast host Tim Querengesser...
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LORINC: Fiddling while Toronto burns
With Doug Ford’s Tories systematically confiscating Toronto council’s capacity to govern – from political representation to transit planning and even our...
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Suburban land use & climate change: Making the connections and taking action
In the wake of the sudden and unexpected announcement of the termination of her position, the Environmental Commissioner for the Province of Ontario has...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 032, Housing Toronto
In this episode, we look at housing from a number of angles. Spacing Senior Editor John Lorinc and urban planner Cheryll Case give us the lay of the land...
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Three areas that will help relieve Toronto’s housing crisis
George Popper is a Toronto architect While Toronto desperately needs affordable housing, I believe the first step towards that goal is to create more...
By George Popper