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THE CRISIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT

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Press Release: Our Response to the City of Toronto’s Sixplex Failure

The membership of More Neighbours Toronto is disappointed in City Council’s failure to legalize sixplexes across the City of Toronto. We call upon Federal Housing Minister Robertson to strongly consider its implications for the remainder of its allocated Housing Accelerator Funds (HAF).

26.06.2025

Press Releases

Sixplexes are good. Let's have more of them.

Join us in urging Council to legalize more housing options in more neighbourhoods

01.06.2025

Analysis

Toronto & Housing: Getting to “Yes”

Many Toronto policymakers claim to want more nonprofit or small developers engaged in building housing, and object to the dominance of investors and capital in housing development. Given this goal, one would imagine that Toronto’s land-use planning regime should be geared towards scaling up non-profit housing.

02.05.2025

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MNTO - 2025 Federal Election Housing Platform Evaluation

18.04.2025

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Analysis

Open Letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

08.04.2025

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Grading The Provincial Parties on Housing

19.02.2025

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Tracking Toronto's Housing Accelerator Fund Progress

More Neighbours Toronto is tracking the milestones that the City of Toronto committed to in its Housing Accelerator Fund agreement. This document explains our reasoning, sources and some additional evaluation of Toronto’s HAF initiatives.

12.01.2025

Reports

Toronto Development Charges 101

Development charges play a significant role in shaping the cost and pace of new housing in Toronto, with a direct impact on market affordability. Our latest blog explores how these fees affect housing creation and to arm readers with the basics on how they work.

05.11.2024

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Avenues for Change

Starting June 24, Toronto will be holding consultations to review its policies for Avenues, mid-rise and mixed-use areas. The proposal for the Avenues Policy Review improves upon the current Avenues Policies in the Official Plan, but there is room for improvement. This is the first major update to the Avenues policies in the Official Plan in more than 20 years, and this opportunity shouldn’t go to waste.

22.06.2024

Analysis

PRESS RELEASE: Ford Government Prioritizes NIMBY Interests, Compromising Affordability and Betraying Future Generations

TORONTO, March 21, 2024 – More Neighbours Toronto (MNTO), a leading housing advocacy group, is disappointed by Premier Ford’s recent comments dismissing denser development and his decision to scrap the recommendations for fourplexes and four storeys from his own Housing Affordability Task Force.

21.03.2024

Press Releases