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Bringing it home (Day 4 of WUFIII)
June 23, 2006 by
Day four (Thursday) of the World Urban Forum in Vancouver was the day to bring it all home " literally. I joined Jean Swanson, a long-time housing and Continue Reading…
That's hot!!!!!!
August 1, 2006 by
Toronto, and many other communities, are suffering extreme - and record-breaking - heat. This is not merely unpleasant, it is deadly. Extreme heat affects the Continue Reading…
Round one goes to community!
August 21, 2006 by
It was a surprising late summer storm: News began to emerge, first from London, that the federal government was cutting fiscal 2006 funding for its national Continue Reading…
The poor are still, well, poor!
August 24, 2006 by
The National Council on Welfare (an advisory council to the federal government) has released Welfare Incomes 2005 today (August 24) and the numbers show that Continue Reading…
Another housing announcement
August 27, 2006 by
The federal andOntario government made their latest announcement about new affordable housing allocations on Friday. This brings to ten the number of major Continue Reading…
Housing "downturn" could be next U.S. disaster
August 28, 2006 by
Exactly one year ago, Hurricane Katrina tore a devastating strip out of the U.S. economy, and revealed the failure of successive administrations - Democratic Continue Reading…
Is there a bubble? Will it burst?
September 1, 2006 by
The brave economists at the TD Bank are gamely attempting to accomplish several impossible tasks at once. Their latest "housing bubble watch" begins with the Continue Reading…
Homeless numbers easing downward in NYC
September 5, 2006 by
Columnist Gary Mason was right when he wrote in the Sept. 5, 2006,Globe and Mail that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's housing campaign is producing Continue Reading…
Standing room only at Wellesley municipal election housing event
September 20, 2006 by
It was standing room only at The Wellesley Institute on Tuesday evening for a special meeting to brief municipal election candidates on housing issues. Most of Continue Reading…
