Housing

The missing middle and the case for density transition zones

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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... Read More

LORINC: Is Toronto one small step closer to finding the missing middle?

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At last week’s Toronto Urban Design Awards, Mayor John Tory announced that the City will launch an “ideas competition” meant to... Read More

How to build a low-rise apartment building

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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... Read More

Is there a smarter way to spend Toronto’s housing dollars?

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In June, 2019, Toronto’s Auditor General, Beverly Romeo-Beehler published an audit on Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) housing... Read More

EXCLUSIVE: John Tory discusses housing goals and planning reforms

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Later this fall, city council will receive the first of what will likely be a long series of planning reports responding to a July... Read More

LORINC: New residential density plans a small step in right direction

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Toronto council today took one small step towards a more rational and potentially more equitable residential land use planning policy... Read More

GORD PERKS: The risks of the financialization of housing

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Premier Doug Ford says weakening planning law will get more housing built and that will solve our affordable housing crisis. This... Read More

LORINC: Ford Nation’s growth plan cruises across the finish line

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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... Read More

Women’s urban citizenship: the history of purpose-built apartments for women

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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... Read More