Housing

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

OP-ED: Toronto’s planning needs less politics, not more

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Brad Bradford is a Toronto city councillor and former urban planner When I saw Doug Ford’s new planning legislation my first... Read More

LORINC: Want affordable housing? Then Ford shouldn’t sell publicly-owned land

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To my eye, the Ford government’s housing “action plan” — which was released late last week in a conspicuously over-stuffed news cycle... Read More

LORINC: Fiddling while Toronto burns

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With Doug Ford’s Tories systematically confiscating Toronto council’s capacity to govern – from political representation to transit... Read More

Suburban land use & climate change: Making the connections and taking action

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In the wake of the sudden and unexpected announcement of the termination of her position, the Environmental Commissioner for the... Read More

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 032, Housing Toronto

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In this episode, we look at housing from a number of angles. Spacing Senior Editor John Lorinc and urban planner Cheryll Case give us... Read More

Three areas that will help relieve Toronto’s housing crisis

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George Popper is a Toronto architect While Toronto desperately needs affordable housing, I believe the first step towards that goal is... Read More