Tag: Housing Crisis
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NIMBYs vs Garden Suites – by John Lorinc
Here’s an odd little mystery about a freshly filed appeal by a residents association coalition of council’s new “garden suites” bylaw, which was approved by council in February. Last week, a group of seven Toronto ratepayer groups, calling itself the “Building Better Neighbourhoods Coalition,” issued a press releasesaying they would be appealing the bylaw to the Ontario Land…
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The “Problem” With Housing In Canada Is Lack Of Supply! – TorontoRealtyBlog.com
For those of you who have commented in the past, “I usually skip the stats posts,” you’ll want to close Google Chrome right now. Then again, if you want to sound informed when you talk real estate at the next box social, or wherever youngsters congregate these days, perhaps have a skim. On Friday, my rather tame…
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5 MILLION EMPTY BEDROOMS – IS THE HOUSING CRISIS REAL?
Despite a hundred thousand people moving into the Greater Toronto Area annually, there’s actually a decline in population in many of the single family neighborhoods in Toronto and many of the cities and towns of the region. The problem has gotten so bad that according to a study in 2017, 48% of schools in Toronto…