Tag Archives: housing

Don’t scapegoat refugees; build housing—OCAP

Faced with a rise in refugee claimants fleeing harrowing conditions of war in their countries of origin, and racism in the United States, politicians from all three levels of government are blaming the decades-old shelter crisis on people in desperate ...

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Safe, legal rooming houses must be allowed to proliferate: Parkdale

It was a small but passionate group—tenants, activists and professionals (both from non-profit agencies and various city departments) as well as Parkdale-High Park (Ward 14) councillor Gord Perks—on hand at the Parkdale Public Library on June 22 for an insightful ...

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Freeman: Families face monumental struggle for housing

Pressure is being applied—yet again—on the provincial government to increase the land supply in the GTA to decrease the costs of housing. This time the report is coming from Benjamin Tal, an economist with CIBC. This demand matches the developer’s ...

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