…found many successful models. The latest forecast from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation projects that construction will start on 68,400 new homes as of February (seasonally-adjusted, for all of Ontario) – just about the highest number since the start of the recession in October of 2008. A US-style inclusionary housing…
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US set to unveil national strategic plan to end homelessness as Canada dithers
…legislation to create a national housing plan (Bill C-304) is stalled in the Commons awaiting third reading vote – which could come this summer or may be pushed back to the fall. And Ontario has just announced that it is pushing back the date of the launch of its provincial…
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Inclusionary Housing
…begin the process of having municipalities use this tool to increase the supply of affordable housing. The group produced a discussion document for the Housing Network of Ontario which was used by people who participated in the provincial government’s Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy. Members of the working group assisted MPP…
Government housing subsidies 'massively favour' owners over renters: FRPO report
Government-funded subsidies “massively favour” private homeowners over private renters, even though owner incomes are – on average – double those of renter households, according to a new research report from the Federation of Rental-Housing Providers of Ontario and the Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations. Economist Frank Clayton added up direct…
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Book launch: Persistent Poverty – Voices from the Margins, Dec 2
Persistent Poverty, Voices from the Margins documents the real lives of some of the poorest people living in one of the richest places in the world – people living on welfare in Ontario. It’s the third in a series from the InterFaith Social Assistance Review Committee and the stories are…
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Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Canadian military vets are homeless: New research
Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of military veterans are homeless, according to the preliminary results of an important new study from researchers at the University of Western Ontario. Researchers Susan Ray and Cheryl Forchuk have extensive background in housing, homelessness and mental health issues. While the image of homeless military veterans…
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Don't stop at financial re-structuring of Toronto Community Housing; now is excellent time to improve social infrastructure
…provincial public housing stock from Ontario Housing Corporation, along with seniors housing from the former Metro Toronto – as well as its own housing portfolio built over the last century. Toronto Community Housing has a ten-year plan to invest $1.5 billion in housing upgrades, but hasn’t yet identified funding sources…
Voices from the Street: Canada’s homeless women
…and stony hearts? As a society that believes in human rights and dignity, Canadians should listen and then act because that’s the right thing to do; but if that’s not compelling enough then check the dollars and cents. In one province alone, Ontario, poverty costs taxpayers $32 to $38 billion…
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Sell-off of 900 TCHC homes: Facts and options
…the country and the province in response to municipal and public pressure. Selling off 900 TCHC units will ease the pressure on senior levels of government to pay their fair share. There are also innovative financing options that TCHC can explore, including Infrastructure Ontario’s affordable housing loan fund – which…
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Vote for Housing: 2011
Michael Shapcott will be joining a panel of housing experts in asking hard questions of our political parties on issues of affordable housing in Ontario, leading up to the fall election. On September 8th, Vote for Housing will host the event at the Metro Central YMCA. Already confirmed for the…