The Ontario government has moved quickly to introduce draft legislation to replace the Social Housing Reform Act yesterday, tabling Bill 140 in the Legislature Continue Reading…
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The Ontario government has moved quickly to introduce draft legislation to replace the Social Housing Reform Act yesterday, tabling Bill 140 in the Legislature Continue Reading…
Last night, a couple of us from Wellesley went to a celebration of Ontario’s Community Health Centres (CHCs). The event featured displays from some of the Continue Reading…
The Ontario government has put up the scaffolding for a long-term affordable housing strategy, but there’s plenty of unfinished business for Queen’s Park as Continue Reading…
As the provincial government releases their plan for affordable housing, we thought it might be helpful to share a checklist to track whether or not the Long Continue Reading…
Home ownership is slightly more affordable, according to the latest home ownership affordability survey released by RBC Economics this morning, but Continue Reading…
Housing and homeless advocates across Ontario have begun counting down the final days of fall, eagerly awaiting the promised release of Ontario’s first Continue Reading…
With a vote of 141 (yea) and 132 (nay), draft legislation to create a national housing plan for Canada moved another step forward in the Commons last night. Continue Reading…
About one-in-ten Canadians - more than three million people - are living in poverty, and that is having a devastating impact on their health. Those are some of Continue Reading…
About 412,000 children and youth in Ontario were living in poverty in 2008 - even before the recession hit. The child poverty rate in 2008 (the latest year for Continue Reading…
Wellesley has done many workshops over the years on how to maximize the policy impact of research. This was always an important theme of our community-based Continue Reading…
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