Housing
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LORINC: Why is Toronto obsessed with taxing foreigners who buy real estate?
Governments across Canada have an apparently bottomless appetite for foreign buyers’ taxes, a mild and very Canuck form of policy racism that begins...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Toronto’s ongoing property tax drama
There are some pundits who specialize in setting up the double-loaded trap for left-leaning politicians. If they break their election promises, they get...
By John Lorinc -
A year-end interview with Mayor Olivia Chow
With the final council session of the year now in the rear-view mirror, Mayor Olivia Chow is spending part of this week powering through year-end...
By John Lorinc -
“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...
By Jamie Bradburn -
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...
By Spacing Radio -
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...
By Spacing Radio