Housing
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LORINC: Toronto’s Rooming House deal: Solving the ultimate puzzle
Toronto is a city whose residents are encouraged (or encourage one another) to dislike certain things, but who have also forgotten (or never really knew...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: The devil will be in the details of John Tory’s housing action plan
Update: Council passed Mayor John Tory’s Housing Action Plan, with a raft of tweaks, including a provision to require parking minimums for...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Will Toronto defend its rental replacement law from Doug Ford?
In the late 1990s, then St. Paul’s West councillor Joe Mihevc took up the cause of several hundred tenants, many of them seniors, living in two...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Election Panel with Lorraine Lam and John Lorinc
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we are bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the candidates, platforms...
By Spacing Radio -
Election Panel: the 905 Edition
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we are bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the candidates, platforms...
By Spacing Radio -
LORINC: What’s missing from the missing middle debate
City council has spent the past few years chipping away at the walls surrounding that seemingly impregnable fortress otherwise known as Toronto’s...
By John Lorinc -
ELECTION: Toronto is a highrise, rental city – unlike City Council
Last week, Statistics Canada released the latest set of data from the 2021 Census, which included information on housing type and tenure. According to the...
By Sean Marshall -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 067, Toronto Election: the case against a strong mayor system
Another election, another surprise announcement from Premier Doug Ford that throws it all into disarray. Ford’s proposal for “Strong...
By Spacing Radio -
Transit transformation, part 1: confronting Scarborough’s housing challenges
With Edison Gao and Anika Munir In this “Transit Transformation” series, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) City Studies students lead...
By Zachary Hyde & UTSC City Studies Students -
Urban planning is not a science
Urban planning is not a science. For as long as planning has been a profession, however, we’ve tried to make it one. I’ve been a planner for over 15...
By Giulio Cescasto -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 066, Toronto Election Engagement
The Toronto municipal election is underway, and we’ll be spending the summer bringing you coverage, all the way up to E-Day on October 24th. But how...
By Spacing Radio -
This weekend: Jane’s Walk Festival + Provocation Ideas Festival
Urban activist Jane Jacobs’ birthday is this week (May 4) and many Torontonians will be celebrating by attending the Jane’s Walk Festival this weekend...
By Joseph Wilson