Posts tagged affordable housing
MEET THE CANDIDATES: ELECTION SPECIAL

There are more than 700,000 people under the age of 25 living in Toronto, many of them struggling to cope with our city’s skyrocketing housing costs, surging inflation and uneven access to services and resources. We canvassed front line workers at Toronto-based youth organizations for their toughest questions — and put them to 59 city council hopefuls from eight West End wards.

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TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE. ANYWHERE

On daily strolls through Parkdale with my dog, gentrification’s tremors are all around me – nowhere more noticeable than in the accelerating speed of life on the sidewalk.

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200 UNITS

Parkdale is an eviction hot spot. The number of notices that get served in the southwest neighbourhood are double the city average. And nowhere is the tension between affordable living and “financialized” landlords clearer than on West Lodge Avenue.

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TERM'S UP ELECTION SPECIAL

Here’s a look at the biggest misses of the past four years – and what the incoming government needs to get right.

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SQUEEZED OUT

My roof started to leak during the ice storm. As I wait for Bob Rose & his son Graeme (near life-long Parkdalians) to talk about the housing crisis, I can hear the drip echo in my mind.

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