The 2011 federal budget – released earlier this afternoon – does nothing to reverse the two decades of erosion in federal affordable housing investments (as set out in the Wellesley Institute’s Precarious Housing in Canada 2010). The latest federal budget, which may not be implemented as all three opposition parties…
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Don't stop at financial re-structuring of Toronto Community Housing; now is excellent time to improve social infrastructure
…portfolio, there is little attention paid to the social management of one of Toronto’s most critical assets, and no discussion of more effective engagement of tenants in Toronto Community Housing. The auditor set out a series of questionable expenses items, and raised concerns about procurement policies, but there is no…
Celebrating 100 years since the founding of the Wellesley Hospital
…of the Wellesley Institute. Over the next year, as we mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Wellesley Hospital, we’ll continue to draw links between Toronto then and Toronto now. While some of the language that we use as we seek to move Toronto into a more equitable…
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Vertical Poverty: Setting out compelling evidence, offering pragmatic solutions
Toronto’s geographic concentration of poverty continues to grow – and with that comes greater inequality, more precarious housing and poorer health for people and communities. Vertical Poverty, a new report from the United Way Toronto (UWT), provides powerful new evidence that poverty is increasingly concentrated in the city’s 1,000 high-rise…
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Toronto budget 2011 tightens fiscal screws on housing / homelessness even as waiting list grows
…– virtually the same as in 2010. The city is setting a target of 1,200 new homes annually in 2012 and 2013. Toronto’s Affordable Housing Office is facing a 10.8% cut in its 2011 budget to $2.9 million, according to the proposed municipal budget. . As of the end of…
Inequality is bad for everyone – including the health of children in Toronto’s schools
…poor health – and children in poor Toronto neighbourhoods are providing a sobering case study. The Inner City Advisory Committee plans to work with statisticians at the school board, academic experts and city officials to develop a much more robust picture of inequality and poor health among Toronto school children….
Remembering The Rupert Hotel Fire: Campaign For Safe, Healthy, Affordable Homes
A fire roared through the Rupert Hotel, a rundown rooming house in downtown Toronto’s east end, on December 23, 1989. When the rubble was cleared, ten bodies had been found, making it the worse rooming house fire in the history of Toronto. Every year, a group gathers at Queen and…
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Growing Divide In Incomes Triggering Health Crisis: Latest Three Cities Research
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…increase health equity for all. The latest round of powerful Three Cities research has drawn front page coverage in The Globe and Mail. The Wellesley Institute’s Michael Shapcott is quoted in The Toronto Star as stating that the new research should be a ‘wake-up call’ for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford….
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Ontario’s 2011 Budget Can Build Healthy, Inclusive Province With Investments In Homes, Social Ventures
Later today, I’m joining Rick Blickstead, CEO of the Wellesley Institute, for a meeting with Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan. We appreciate the opportunity to deliver practical and pragmatic recommendations about how Ontario’s 2011 budget can build a healthy, inclusive province. A good income and good housing is vital for…
A Wellesley Institute Presentation To Cities Centre Forum On Toronto’s Tower Neighbourhoods
Toronto has the second highest number of high-rise communities in all of North America – but many of the structures are decaying and the neighbourhoods are distressed. Inclusionary housing is a zoning tool that could help to ensure that redeveloped Tower neighbourhoods are healthy and inclusive. Here is the WI’s…