Housing News
Housing News
Read the latest community news stories from Toronto and the surrounding area. If you would like to contribute to grow our community news section, please email us.
Note: Links below are redirects that will navigate you to the news source website taking you away from the Toronto Homelessness Workspace.
- Ontario's minimum wage rises tomorrow. Here's what you need to know - CTV News, September 29
- 93 per cent of Black real estate agents believe there is discrimination in Ontario's rental process: OREA poll - CTV News, September 27
- Rent help and dental care: How will Trudeau’s proposed affordability plan work? - Global News, September 20
- Trudeau announces first steps on dental care, boosts to housing benefit, GST credit - CBC News, September 13
- Halifax woman wins legal fight against her landlord over pending eviction - Global News, September 12
- Canada to launch 988 mental health crisis hotline in fall 2023. Here’s how it will work - Global News, August 31
- Where to look for cheap rent in Canada, as prices soar, again - CBC News, August 16
- Too Good To Go app reducing restaurant, grocery food waste now in Hamilton - Global News, August 11
- 'Nobody should have to live on this': ODSP recipients on calls to double payments - CTV News, July 28
- Canada’s homeless population among the hardest hit by extreme heat - Global News, July 21
- City of Toronto and Government of Canada supporting non-profit partners to rapidly deliver 260 new affordable and supportive homes in Toronto - City of Toronto, July 08
- Ontario caps 2023 rent increase guideline at 2.5% due to rising cost of living - CBC News, June 29
- Inside the fight by a group of Montreal tenants to stay in their homes - CBC News, June 20
- Toronto developer plans to tackle housing crisis by building 4 towers of mainly affordable units - CBC News, June 07
- Canadian cities unaffordable for young residents: report - Global News, June 06
- Roommate or tenant? The question is at the heart of Ontario rental dispute that led to viral video - CBC News, May 04
- 'Mass poisoning crisis': Canadians need to change how we talk about drug deaths, advocates say - CBC News, May 24
- Tenant advocates push for affordable housing along Hamilton LRT route - Global News, May 17
- Toronto to open new men’s homeless shelter in Scarborough - Global News, May 09
- Why having certain parks for unhoused people in Halifax ‘misses the point,’ expert says - Global News, May 02
- As Canada's population ages, what happens to affordable, accessible housing? - CTV News, April 27
- Analysts say interest rates could ‘push more demand’ for rentals in Canada’s large cities, Hamilton - Global News, April 21
- Housing affordability a key pillar in 2022 budget, Trudeau says - CBC News, April 13
- Finding a solution to the affordable housing crisis - CBC News, April 03
- Toronto to launch crisis response pilot projects without police in downtown east and northeast - CBC News, March 29
- If Ontario wants to lower food bank use it needs to raise income supports, report warns - CBC News, March 23
- 'Explosion' of above guideline rent increases pricing out some Toronto tenants, advocates say - CBC News, March 14
- Why Canada is losing affordable rental housing faster than it's being built - CBC News, March 10
- Priced out: young people see life in Scarborough slip from reach without new housing options - Toronto.com, Feb 25
- Toronto's Food Charter is over 20 years old. Some say it's time for an update - CBC News, Feb 22
- ‘A lot of grief, loss and trauma’: Drug consumption sites grapple with record number of overdoses - TorontoStar, Feb 16
- Ontario mayors speak out against proposal to give more power over housing to province - CBC News, Feb 09
- City eyes zoning changes to keep payday loan companies away from vulnerable groups - CBC News, Feb 02
- Toronto tenant says she's a victim of 'renoviction,' but landlord insists everything's above board - CBC News, Jan 18
- Ford kicks off housing summit with funding to help municipalities cut red tape - CBC News, Jan 19, 2022
- Peel health service appeals for more funding to help people experiencing homelessness - CBC News, Jan 12
- 'Where else can I go?': Toronto tenants look to organize in the face of 2022 rent increases - CBC News, Jan 02