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Senior Editor By Daniel Herriges | September 9, 2020 | What does it mean that Americans obsess over national politics—which in 2020 were as toxic, vapid, and disconnected from the real needs of real people as I’ve seen in my lifetime—while very few engage meaningfully with local politics, where they would have far more ability to improve … Read more
City of Edmonton | 2020 WHAT IS A GARDEN SUITE?A garden suite is an apartment-sized living space that’s located in the backyard of a single detached house. To qualify as a garden suite, the space needs to have its own kitchen, bathroom, sleeping and living space. Some garden suites include garage space and some have … Read more
BY JOHN LORINC | AUGUST 7, 2020 | It took council and city planning officials almost exactly a year to adopt a policy meant to make Toronto’s abundant, overpriced and increasingly depopulated low-rise neighbourhoods safe for so-called missing middle housing types. The narrative arc here extends from a motion last July by Mayor John Tory and housing czar Ana … Read more
By Jennifer Pagliaro | Star Reporter | July 13, 2020 | Council is about to wade into one of the most contentious planning debates that has been percolating during an ongoing housing crisis — whether to allow more density in stable, low-rise neighbourhoods. City planning staff are recommending a work plan spanning 18 months or … Read more
ALEX BOZIKOVIC | ARCHITECTURE CRITIC | PUB: JUNE 23, 2020 | Armour Gardens is a neighbourhood where you’re allowed to live, but you’re not allowed to die. That is the lesson that certain members of the community are sending this week. They are gearing up to prevent a new hospice from being constructed in their … Read more
To fix Canada’s affordable housing crisis, we must take out the profit motive, say experts. Can the massive scale of the COVID-19 emergency response shake us out of complacency?
By KERRY GOLD | PUBLISHED APRIL 17, 2020 | What will Vancouver look like in a post-COVID-19 world? That question, and the controversial issue of density, has been on a few minds lately. A report from the New Policy Institute, published April 12, reveals that areas of England where people are crammed together with fewer … Read more
The GTA has a housing crisis, but residents are often opposed to things like new semi-detached homes. That’s something the Tories will have to reckon with
The following letters are designed for a Committee of Adjustment hearing in the Toronto and East York (TEY) planning district. The addresses should me modified to reflect the appropriate planning district. 1. Sample Letter of Objection [Sender’s name & address] [Date] Manager & Deputy Secretary Treasurer Toronto & East York Panel Committee of Adjustment Toronto … Read more