Toronto invites students to shape new Academic Housing Strategy

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Toronto – The City of Toronto is inviting post-secondary students, faculty and staff to share their thoughts about their housing challenges, ideas and expectations for the future. The outreach is part of the Academic Housing Strategy, a priority under the City’s HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan and the Housing Action Plan (2022-2026) to address housing challenges and ensure equitable access to …

Toronto approves housing pledge to facilitate 285,000 new homes by 2031

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Toronto – Toronto City Council adopted a housing pledge to achieve or exceed the provincial housing target of 285,000 new Toronto homes by 2031. This target represents an ambitious goal and is a call to action for the City of Toronto, other orders of government and stakeholders to accelerate timelines and get housing built.  The Council-adopted staff report outlines the …

Call to deliver over 12,000 purpose-built affordable, rental homes

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Toronto – Despite challenges created by the pandemic, the City of Toronto’s Housing Now program is making progress with a pathway to move forward three shovel ready sites and a plan to get more sites under construction to deliver more homes in Etobicoke, Scarborough and North York. The City of Toronto’s Planning and Housing Committee will consider a progress update …