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Press Release - Even The Strongest Mayor Cannot Build Housing Alone

TORONTO - Today, in just the third day of the Progressive Conservative Government’s second mandate: Steven Clark, the Minister for Municipal Affairs, tabled a much anticipated bill that would provide the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa with extra powers: enacting a “strong mayor” system similar to that used in many cities in the United States.

10.08.2022

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Press Release - The CMHC’s “Housing Supply Shortages” Report Makes It Clear: It’s Time For Doug Ford To “Get It Done” On Housing.

Today, the CMHC released an alarming report that quantifies the urgency of our housing crisis. It suggests that Ontario needs to build 1.85 million homes over current projections (0.9M units) by 2030, representing a need for 2.75M new homes in total based on data in the report. This is substantially greater than the 1.5 million total home target over 10 years set by Ontario's Housing Affordability Task Force (HATF).

23.06.2022

Press Releases

Grading The Platforms: Are Ontario’s Parties Rising To The Challenge Of The Housing Crisis?

Only the Greens propose the wholesale reform of our planning system needs, with openness to bypassing and overruling municipalities when they fail to equitably meet provincial housing needs. The NDP and Liberal platforms take significant steps forward, but many more steps will be necessary. They deserve praise for commitments to end exclusionary zoning, for investing in a provincial builder, and for identifying new tools to prevent bad housing demand. But still, the platforms remain insufficiently ambitious to end the housing crisis in the long term. If elected, they’ll have to go much further than they’ve proposed.

25.05.2022

Analysis

Press Release - The Ontario Liberal Platform Shows The Housing Movement Has Gone Mainstream, But Can They Deliver?

May 09, 2022 TORONTO - The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP) has released their platform for the 2022 Ontario provincial election.

10.05.2022

Press Releases

Press Release - The NDP Boldly Commits To End Exclusionary Zoning, But Remains Vague On Everything Else

TORONTO - The Ontario NDP (ONDP) has released their platform for the 2022 Ontario provincial election. In doing so, they became the second mainstream party committed to ending exclusionary zoning, a policy that More Neighbours Toronto has advocated for since inception. Despite this important commitment, the plan is too thin on details. We’d like to challenge the ONDP, and its competitors, to think bigger: to offer bolder commitments that rise up to the crisis facing our province.

25.04.2022

Press Releases

Press Release - 2022 Federal Budget Sets a Goal of Doubling Creation of Housing Units, But It Won’t Get Close

TORONTO - Today, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 Federal Budget with a message aiming at Canada’s housing crisis. Included is a two-year ban on foreign buyers, a new savings vehicle for first-time buyers, and $10B of investments in housing initiatives over the next 5 years.

08.04.2022

Press Releases

Press Release - With Bill 109, Ontario’s Government Shows It Has Given Up On A Fair Housing Future

TORONTO - Today, Ontario’s Minister of Housing, Steve Clark, tabled Bill 109 - The “More Homes for Everyone Act”. This eagerly awaited legislation follows the Housing Affordability Task Force (“HATF”) Report released in early February.

31.03.2022

Press Releases

Response to Mississauga's Response to the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force

Mississauga, like many GTA municipalities, is defending a status quo that isn't working. We respond with why.

18.03.2022

Reports

ACTION: support provincial action on housing

Email your MPP and Minister of Housing Steve Clark to support legalizing housing across Ontario

13.03.2022

Action

A Q&A with Ontario's Housing Affordability Task Force

On February 16, 2022, More Neighbours Toronto hosted a Q&A with three members of Ontario's Housing Affordability Task Force, in partnership with the Toronto Region Board of Trade, and the University of Toronto's School of Cities. The recording is now available to watch on YouTube.

11.03.2022

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