The housing crisis is clear: people are living in their relatives’ garages, or in the subway, or outdoors in parks, or on sidewalks. The solution needs to address how ruthless landlords and real estate companies, backed by unfair government housing policies, pushed them there and denied their humanity. This requires taking on the myths that fuel the housing crisis.
Toronto city council recently deferred a housing framework for legalized multiple-tenant housing (MTH) presented by planning staff. Spring Magazine’s Loretta Fisher spoke with a long-time…
Almost a century ago, Canadian socialists advanced a vision for cities built in the interest of people, not profit, that included gorgeous public housing. We should look to their ideas to learn how we can revitalize public life.
On October 1, Toronto City Councilors were finally supposed to vote on the planned initiative for regulated multiple-tenant affordable housing. But voting was once again…
It has been months since the encampment evictions that garnered national attention and outrage in Toronto this summer, however none of the city’s actions have…
The following is a deputation delivered to City Councillors ahead of the October 1 vote on the proposal to legalize multi-tenant housing. I was relieved…
In 1918 the world was rocked by a global pandemic. Doctors were stumped by how to treat this mysterious virus that was killing patients. Masks…
The Halifax Regional Police’s violent eviction of encampments takes place amidst a housing crisis. The newly elected premier is pro-landlord and pro-developer. The actions of the HRM and the HRP on Wednesday offer a glimpse of what many more people could face.
On July 26 a No Encampment Evictions rally was held in front of Toronto City Hall demanding that Mayor John Tory and City Council defund…
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages, the response from the Canadian government on federal, provincial, and local levels has been to put people in even further…
On Sunday, February 28, the Encampment Support Network (ESN) organized a peaceful action in front of Mayor John Tory’s residence at One Bedford Road. While…
With no measure of accountability for landlords, little recourse for tenants, and an underfunded rental board increasingly siding with property owners, the City needs to decide who has the right to live in Montreal.
