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City of Toronto calls for Federal-Provincial-City partnership to create 3,000 permanent, affordable homes over the next 24 months
The City of Toronto has issued the COVID-19 Housing and Homelessness Recovery Response Plan — an urgent appeal to the federal and provincial governments to create 3,000 permanent, affordable homes, within the next 24 months, for homeless, vulnerable and marginalized …Read More »
City of Toronto Modular Housing Initiative progressing quickly; initial site locations identified
Within a month of receiving Council approval, the plan to expedite delivery of Phase 1 of the City of Toronto’s Modular Housing Initiative is well underway and the program is on track to provide stable, affordable, high quality housing and …Read More »
Second Phase of the Housing Now Initiative released; new City-owned sites identified to create more affordable homes in Toronto
Today, Mayor John Tory announced the release of the Phase Two sites of Housing Now, a signature initiative to increase the supply of new affordable rental housing within mixed-income, mixed-use and transit-oriented communities on City-owned lands across Toronto. Housing Now …Read More »City of Toronto and partners open second COVID-19 recovery site for homeless
News Release May 6, 2020 City of Toronto and partners open second COVID-19 recovery site for homeless As part of the City of Toronto’s comprehensive three tier response to COVID-19 for people experiencing homelessness, a second recovery program will open …Read More »Implementation plan for up to 250 modular supportive housing units released, CMHC’s Affordable Housing Innovation Fund to cover 40 per cent of capital costs for Phase I
News Release April 29, 2020 Implementation plan for up to 250 modular supportive housing units released, CMHC’s Affordable Housing Innovation Fund to cover 40 per cent of capital costs for Phase I Today, Mayor John Tory announced the proposed implementation …Read More »
City of Toronto taking action to help vulnerable tenants who need it most
March 24, 2020 City of Toronto taking action to help vulnerable tenants who need it most Mayor Tory calls on private landlords to put policies in place to help unemployed tenants and communicate them Today, Mayor John Tory announced the …Read More »Toronto to investigate the shocking rise of renovictions in the city
February 20, 2020 By Lauren O’Neil, BlogTO As rent prices surge with wanton abandon across the city of Toronto, so too do rates of landlords who try to get sneaky with illegal eviction techniques. A November report from The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario showed …Read More »‘Renoviction’ rates soar due to big-city housing crunch
December 30, 2019 Melissa Mancini & David Common · CBC News It was a knock at the door that ignited the battle. As Yanick Marion hustled early one morning to get to work, the manager of his apartment building had a message: …Read More »