Housing News
Housing News
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- 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
- Board proposes framework to increase Ontario’s housing options, affordability - Global News, Dec 14
- Why a city rule means this former 17-unit Forest Hill apartment building can’t be used as an apartment building
- For the greater good’: Indigenous financial advisor from Alberta works to empower others - Global News, Nov 28
- Lower rent, fewer chores: why grown-up dorm life might be the answer for Toronto’s millennials in need of affordable housing - The Star, Nov 21
- Toronto food banks record highest number of visits ever during pandemic, new report says - CBC News, Nov 15
- Toronto council approves mandatory affordable housing in some developments - Toronto Star, Nov 09
- Food banks, already in crisis mode due to pandemic, are bracing for more visits as cost of living rises - CBC News, Oct 28
- Toronto wants up to 22 per cent of new condos to be affordable. Is it leaving homes on the table?- Toronto Star, Oct 27
- Rural Canada's 'visible homelessness' problem driven by pandemic, high cost of housing - CBC News, Oct 19
- Toronto has 2,500 people living in hotel shelters. What happens when those leases expire? - TorontoStar, Oct 12
- Rooming house legalization vote deferred — again — with new report expected next year - Toronto Star, Oct 04
- Ontarians mark first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to remember horror of residential schools - CBC News, Sep 30
- Study details struggles of precariously housed 2SLGBTQ+ youth through COVID-19- Toronto Star, Sep 21
- Yes, in my backyard: How a stranger's act of kindness has changed a homeless man's life - CBC News, Sep 18
- P.E.I. Humane Society says housing issues leading to more pets being put for adoption - CBC News, Sep 09
- 'Absolute fear and panic': CERB clawbacks affecting quality of life for N.W.T. seniors - CBC News, Sep 03
- A dangerous unknown': Unexpected evictions threaten the well-being of Toronto tenants - CTV News, September 02
- Proposed demolition pits Bathurst St. tenants and their landlord in dispute over whether the residents live in one building or two - Toronto Star, Aug 22
- Federal government issues $132 million to Toronto for affordable housing - CBC News, Aug 16
- Want a one-bedroom in this Mount Pleasant community housing building? - Toronto Star, Aug 09
- The Home Stretch: Will Canada End Homelessness for Good? Pandemic Response Shows What Really Works - The Star News, July 31
- Should public housing have public internet? TCHC mulls covering costs for subsidized tenants - Toronto Star , July 03
- Shortage of affordable housing for workers costs the GTA a ‘staggering’ $8 billion annually - Toronto Star,July 20
- City council to debate new rules to legalize rooming houses in all of Toronto - CBC News, July 14
- City to open eight Emergency Cooling Centres during Heat Warning - City of Toronto News, July 05
- Pandemic pushing GTA rents to lowest levels in years, but lower-income tenants still struggling - CBC News, June 24
- Toronto’s St. Lawrence co-op community provides unique affordable housing model - CityNews, June 15
- It’s wrong on all possible levels’: Critics slam development group buying $1-billion in single-family houses for rentals - Toronto Star, June 14
- This Toronto filmmaker wants you to know homelessness isn't some far-off possibility - CBC News, June 05
- This metro Vancouver city cracked the renoviction code. Can it work elsewhere? - Toronto Star, May 12
- Tenant organizers predict ‘wave of evictions’ in Parkdale post-pandemic - CityNews, May 20
- City of Toronto Planned Upgrade to Centralized Waiting List Application Portal - City of Toronto April 06
- Eviction bans stop COVID-19 spread and should be in force Canada-wide, advocates say - CTV News, April 28
- Toronto wants to make finding affordable housing easier with new citywide lottery system - Toronto Star, April 24
- COVID-19 the 'perfect storm' for people battling hoarding disorder - CBC News, April 26
- Covid 19 Vaccine Town Hall Meeting (Wed, April 28): Click here to Register!
- Federal Budget 2021: Liberals top up long-term plan for affordable housing - Toronto Star. April 19
- Rosedale and Chinatown picked as sites for 334 new affordable housing units - Toronto Star, April 15
- Federal housing program to deliver new affordable homes for Indigenous Torontonians - CBC News, March 21
- Certain landlord applications to increase rent rose following Ontario's rent freeze legislation - CBC News, March 23
- City of Toronto secures space in hotels for every person living in 4 'priority' encampment sites - CBC News, March 16
- The big business behind the affordable rental housing crunch - Toronto Star, March 06
- City of Toronto to begin vaccinating those using homeless shelters - Global News, Feb 28
- Ontario lawyers to offer free legal advice for tenants as 'wave of evictions' looms - CBC News, Feb 20
- Dozens of affordable units for single moms in rental building in Regent Park created in ‘unique’ public-private partnership - Toronto Star, Feb 12
- For homeless people trying to stay safe in pandemic, federal housing program is a lifeline, say advocates - CBC News, Feb 09
- Street outreach worker says pandemic has made Toronto residents more aware of homelessness - CBC News, Jan 31
- City alarmed by rising violence in homeless shelters, including assaults on staff - Toronto Star, Jan 23
- Ontario Temporarily Pauses Residential Evictions - news.ontario.ca, Jan 19
- ‘Everybody in the middle is getting squeezed out and it’s painful’: Toronto’s lack of affordable housing hits... - Toronto Star, Dec 28
- U.S. housing experts paint ‘dire’ picture of upkeep, availability of private rental apartment units in Toronto - Toronto Star, Dec 25
- Community advocates fear hundreds will lose their homes in mass eviction - CBC News, Dec 04
- Landlords say poor tenants who received CERB can't make rent after losing social assistance - CBC News, Nov 22
- St. Michael’s Hospital develops a tool to track homeless patients — with hopes of detecting COVID-19 outbreaks early - The Star News, Nov 10
- ‘It’s an ongoing battle in here’: COVID-19 has halted building-wide spraying for bedbugs in Toronto’s community housing. - The Star News, Oct 20
- Why the tourism boom in Prince Edward County has locals turning a school into a seniors home - CBC News, Oct 17
- City unveils winter plan for people experiencing homelessness in Toronto - CBC News, Oct 06
- Environmental groups urge Toronto to turn city golf courses into parks, urban farms and housing - The Star, Sept 28
- Ontario is planning to freeze rents for 2021 and here's what you need to know - Sept 18, blogTO
- CERB is ending soon. And almost 3 million people will be worse off when it does, report finds - The Star News, Sept 15
- Stricter bylaws for short-term rentals come into effect this week - CBC News, Sept 08
- Father moved into son's backyard coach house , then the city came knocking. CBC News - August 31
- Slow elevators in Thorncliffe highrises were a problem for schoolchildren before COVID-19. Now things are far worse - The Star News, August 24
- Toronto neighbourhoods hit hardest by COVID-19 also have the steepest eviction filing rates, says new study - The Star News, August 19
- Toronto overdose deaths hit a grim new record in July, taking more lives than COVID-19, The Star News - August 11
- Landlords and tenants in Canada’s hottest housing markets finally agree on something: The system is broken on both sides - The Star News, August 09
- Toronto's COVID-19 housing project winds down, but residents hope for change, CBC News - August 04
- More than 6,000 Ontario tenants could face eviction for nonpayment of rent during COVID-19, new figures show, The Star - July 25 2020
- Homeless in tents fight Toronto parks bylaw in light of COVID-19 pandemic - The Star News, July 21st, 2020
- Pandemic highlights gap in Ontario tenant protections, The Star News - July 13, 2020
- End date for suspension of residential evictions announced, City News - July 07, 2020
- Advocates say new Ontario bill gives an unfair advantage to landlords over tenants, CBC News - July 03, 2020
- Premier Doug Ford to fast-track construction of housing adjacent to new transit stations - The Star July 06, 2020
- As Toronto's new COVID-19 cases keep dropping, the death toll from opioid overdoses keeps growing - CBC News, June 29
- City in talks to move homeless people out of tents in 2 parks as nearby residents say they feel unsafe - CBC News, June 28
- This rental listing scam is on the rise and catching people off guard, CTV New - June 22
- Meet some of the people living in Kitchener's tiny homes community, CBC News - June 22
- Liberals look at buying distressed buildings to save stock of affordable housing, CTV News - June 14
- Family says they were denied housing because they’re black, City News - June 08
- City of Toronto identifies 2 sites for supportive modular housing initiative, Global News June 02
- COVID-19 pandemic could lead to 'unprecedented levels of homelessness,' foundation warns, CBC News, May 31
- Mark Slapinski, a resident of 650 Parliament St., is glad to be back home — especially during a pandemic, The Star News May 21
- Chair of Toronto board of health calls on Ontario to test all shelter residents and staff, CBC News May 16
- Welcome to the tent clinic where Toronto’s undocumented immigrants get medical care, May 06
- Modular housing a quick way to help Toronto’s homeless, says city staff report, April 28
- Ontario announces $4 an hour pandemic pay increase for front-line workers, April 25
- Landlord's COVID-19 disclosure request raises privacy questions, April 24
- Important changes to Rent Bank
- Rental relief could come for tenants once city is on the other side of COVID-19, April 20
- It's really lifesaving': From getting groceries to babysitting, 'caremongering' brings communities together, April 13
- University students struggle to navigate rentals and sublets during the age of coronavirus, April 13