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LANEWAY SUITES: A new housing typology for Toronto

1 January 2021 by Senior Editor

By Lanescape & Evergreen | 26 May 2017 The purpose of this report is to: Provide rationale for the introduction of laneway suites and detached secondary suites Address previous and current concerns around laneway housing Provide a set of recommended performance and technical standards for laneway suites Illustrate the community consultation process and summarize the … Read more

There’s no such thing as affordable housing in Toronto

5 November 2020 by Senior Editor

As COVID creates urgency around homelessness, frontline workers say the affordable housing solutions fail to address the root causes

Our opportunity to end housing poverty

1 May 2020 by Senior Editor

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?