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THE CRISIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT

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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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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

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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

PRESS RELEASE: More Neighbours Toronto Urges Federal Housing Minister to Reject Toronto's Inadequate Proposal to the Housing Accelerator Fund

MNTO is calling on the Federal Housing Minister, Sean Fraser, to reject the city’s submission on the grounds that it fails to meet the urgency and scale required to address Toronto's housing crisis.

14.12.2023

Press Releases

Where are Toronto's New Mid-rises?

Since 2010, only 115 residential mid-rises have been built in the City of Toronto. That’s fewer than 10 per year. We should be seeing far more mid-rise construction given the current need for new housing. Rightly responding to this need, City Planning will be consulting on the Mid-Rise Rear Transition Standards on September 20 from 10:30 am - 12 pm or 7:30 pm - 8 pm.

11.09.2023

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