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In partnership with Maytree, WEP issued a call for imaginative, innovative designs for housing 1,000 unsheltered individuals living in the city. Among the raft of submissions that came in, these four stood out. Steeped in practicality and creativity, their solutions – which you can read through here – also honour every person’s human right to dignified housing.
Read MoreOur new mayor must put the housing issue first, writes Tim Harper, who scoured the frontrunners' plans for proof of a progressive, workable way forward.
Read MoreThese videos, examining the housing crisis in Toronto through a human-rights lens, were made by the West End Phoenix with the support of the Maytree Foundation. In them, we meet locals advocating for solutions in an affordability climate that’s pushing residents to the brink.
Read MoreIllegal increases, ramshackle conditions, bullying tactics from landlords – renters in Toronto are facing a free fall. For almost half of the city's population, finding and keeping a decent rental has become nearly impossible. And as housing prices skyrocket, their ranks can only grow.
Read MoreThe solution to Toronto’s housing woes isn’t to build more supply, according to a group of experts who sketch a picture for writer Leslie Sinclair of what a healthier housing landscape looks like. As they see it, it’s about tipping the balance: clamping down on units designed as commodities for investors and increasing the flow of housing that meets a wider swath of residents’ needs.
Read MoreWhen the province talks about affordable housing goals, what tends to get painted is an outdated scene. To seriously improve the current housing calamity, policy must tuck itself under, and soundly support, our most vulnerable residents first.
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