Canadian Pensioners Concerned (CPC) awarded Michael Shapcott with The Jean Woodsworth Award yesterday for his distinguished service to the community and his longevity of effort and commitment in his social activism.
Housing
Toronto urgently needs city-wide plan for healthy, inclusive neighbourhoods
The Wellesley Institute’s Michael Shapcott warns in the lead letter in today’s Toronto Star that bad gentrification in Toronto has led to increased inequality, poor health, a loss of affordable and supportive housing and deeper divisions between rich and poor. He cites research reports from the Wellesley Institute and others on the costs of growing […]
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Libs, NDP, Bloc, Greens set out housing commitments for federal election 2011; Conservatives refuse to reply
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The Conservatives refused to respond, but the other four major political parties in Canada’s 2011 federal election – the Liberals, the Bloc Quebecois, the New Democratic Party and the Green Party – all provided detailed answers to housing questions posed by the independent Red Tent Campaign. The Wellesley Institute’s Precarious Housing in Canada 2010 notes […]
Federal election and housing: When candidates ask for your vote, ask them about affordable homes
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Millions of Canadians are precariously housed – and the nation-wide affordable housing crisis is costly to individuals, communities, the economy and government. But will housing get serious attention in the federal election? The Wellesley Institute has prepared a flip sheet so that when federal election candidates ask for your vote, you can ask them about […]
TCHC dollars and sense: Calculating costs of selling off 22 affordable homes
Toronto Community Housing Company’s one-man board – Case Ootes – meets Wednesday to consider a plan to sell 22 of the city housing agency’s scattered homes and possibly replace a handful of them with rent supplements in the private rental market. While a member of Toronto City Council, Ootes expressed strong support for the sell-off of certain TCHC […]
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Ontario budget 2011: Serving up significant cuts in affordable housing investments
Ontario’s 2011 budget is serving up significant cuts in both operating and capital funding when it comes to affordable housing, following the lead set by the federal government that has also offered significant cuts. In a recent submission to the provincial Legislature, the Wellesley Institute has noted that when the feds cut and download, the […]
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Go big or go home: 2011 Skoll Forum delegates challenged to work for large scale change
‘Go big or go home!’ That could be the unofficial motto of the 2011 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship – which runs from Wednesday to Friday at England’s Oxford University. The Wellesley Institute’s Director of Affordable Housing and Social Innovation, Michael Shapcott, is among the 800 delegates from around the world exchanging promising practices, […]
Canada’s densest neighbourhood, St. Jamestown, to possibly get new condos
A mega-development proposal in a small section of North St. James Town has many residents, community organizations, and city planners concerned about overcrowding in what is already considered one of North America’s most densely populated neighbourhoods.
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'Made-in-Ontario' housing plan needs real targets, timelines and inclusionary housing: Bill 140 submission
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The Ontario Legislature should amend Bill 140 – draft legislation to ensure all Ontarians are adequately housed – to make sure that municipalities can create locally-appropriate inclusionary housing plans, and the bill should also be amended to require the provincial housing minister to develop a real housing plan for Ontario, with real targets, timelines and funding […]
'Made-in-Ontario' affordable housing plan urgently required: Written brief to provincial housing minister
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Ontario urgently needs a ‘made-in-Ontario’ affordable housing plan with real targets, timelines and funding to meet the diverse housing needs of real Ontarians.