Policy Brief: Realizing the Full Potential of Inclusionary Zoning for Toronto
By Jeremy WithersPhD Candidate | Department of Geography & Planning, University of TorontoOutreach Coordinator | School of Cities Affordable Housing Challenge Project This analysis provides an overview of the City of Toronto’s current Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) proposal, which will be voted on by Councilors at the Oct 28th Planning and Housing Committee. It also outlines…
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Housing Platform Crunch: New Democratic Party
By Dr. Alan Walks (Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto), Sean Grisdale (PhD Candidate, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto), and the Affordable Housing Challenge Partnership collective Summary Of the three major platforms, the NDP does the best job of emphasizing the need for more affordable rental housing as a key component in addressing…
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Housing Platform Crunch: Liberal Party
By Dr. Alan Walks (Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto), Sean Grisdale (PhD Candidate, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto), and the Affordable Housing Challenge Partnership collective Summary The Liberal Party, as the current governing party, began rolling out their National Housing Strategy (NHS) in 2018/9, and their platform proposes to add to and…
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Housing Platform Crunch: Conservative Party
By Dr. Alan Walks (Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto), Sean Grisdale (PhD Candidate, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto), and the Affordable Housing Challenge Partnership collective Summary Underlying the Conservative Party’s housing platform is a core belief that the private sector and the production of new housing supply “in general” is the ultimate…
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Housing Platform Crunch: Introduction
By Dr. Alan Walks (Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto), Sean Grisdale (PhD Candidate, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto), and the Affordable Housing Challenge Partnership collective Affordable housing has emerged as one of the biggest concerns of voters during the 2021 federal election, in part because of the rapid increase in house prices…
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Blog: On Encampment Clearings
In 2019, as they approved the new HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan, Toronto’s City Council committed to taking a human rights approach to housing on paper, only to disavow it in action on June 22nd with a coercive, violent clearing of the encampments in Trinity Bellwoods Park. Following this, our elected officials had an opportunity to reaffirm…
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Affordable Housing Challenge Project
The Affordable Housing Challenge Project is an initiative of the University of Toronto School of Cities. The AHCP collective brings together scholars from across the University of Toronto, who are researching issues related to housing affordability from different disciplinary perspectives, with the objective of working together to research, discuss and debate the causes, processes, policies and consequences of declining housing affordability.
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