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How do we meet the growing need for affordable housing in this city? The problem has become so big, it’s almost overwhelming — each year more than 30,000 people turn to Toronto’s shelters, nearly 70,000 households are on Toronto’s social housing waiting lists, and around 150,000 households spend over half of their income on shelter. These numbers don’t include the people who make their homes on the street, the people so many of us have learned to ignore when walking by.<\/p>\n

It would help if the City — as well as the provincial and the federal governments — had a plan. Instead of talking about how the problem’s getting worse, counting people<\/a>, and continuing to argue about whether it’s best to ban panhandling<\/a>, it would help if we had actual goals that politicians could work towards and citizens could hold their representatives to.
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\nAs of this Thursday<\/strong>, we will. On October 26<\/strong> respected housing advocate, Michael Shapcott, and the Wellesley Institute<\/a> will release The Blueprint to End Homelessness<\/em><\/strong>. This thoroughly-researched report will outline a 10-year plan to move people from shelters to homes, and to fund almost 200,000 new and renovated affordable homes in the city. The Blueprint<\/a> also aims to appeal to the dollar-conscious, tax-hike-hating crowd by showing how giving people homes instead of stuffing them into shelters will actually save money in the long run.<\/p>\n

That it’s being released 17 days before our municipal election is very exciting. It’ll provide voters (and bloggers and reporters) with insight and ammunition to question and challenge candidates. One of the pieces of information people may most be interested in reading is the Blueprint’s ward-by-ward analysis of housing — in the past decade, no new affordable homes have been built in 23 of Toronto’s 44 wards. The plan evaluates which wards (and which councillors) have been most inhospitable to affordable housing in their communities.<\/p>\n

The launch for the Blueprint to End Homelessness<\/em> will take place in the Members’ Lounge at City Hall this Thursday at 1:00. You’ll be able to download the Blueprint from the Spacing Wire & Spacing Votes this Thursday at noon<\/strong>. Spacing<\/em> has teamed up with the Wellesley Institute to give you a sneak peak before any other online media outlet in Toronto. Watch the Spacing Votes<\/a> blog between October 26 and November 13 for interviews with candidates, Michael Shapcott and others in the housing community on whether they support the plan and what they’re going to do about it.<\/p>\n

Stats courtesy of the Wellesley Institute. <\/em><\/p>\n

Photo by Bouke Salverda<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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