Does The NDP's Housing Plan Go Far Enough?
We asked NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh what truly "affordable" housing means, and whether 500,000 affordable housing units is enough to address the current shortfall.
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Encampment Evictions: Toronto’s Attack On Class Consciousness
The pandemic has proven to be a temporal shift for Toronto, with the lines between housed and unhoused being blurred.
Toronto’s War On The Homeless Continues With Encampment Clearings
The real way to help those living in encampments throughout the city is providing them with permanent housing options.
Skyrocketing Canadian House Prices Further Entrench Wealth
A Globe and Mail article on rising house prices ignores that they benefit the very people portrayed as victims: children of wealthy parents.
Doug Ford Is Using The Pandemic To Criminalize Tenant Organizing
In the midst of a pandemic, Ford has empowered landlords and police to impose greater discipline and hardship on working-class people.
Elected Representatives Are Profiting Off The Housing Crisis
A review of public records reveals that since the beginning of the pandemic, at least eight MPs disclosed new rental property assets.
Find Out If Your Political Representatives Are Landlords
Most provinces force political representatives to publicly disclose whether they make rental income and/or own rental property.
Ontario Is Mass Evicting Tenants, In As Little As 60 Seconds
Eviction, homelessness, illness and death are considered to be acceptable outcomes of the state’s pro-landlord policies.
Ontario Is On The Brink Of Mass Evictions. We Must Fight Back.
The levels of homelessness that will result from the impending mass evictions, to start as soon as August 4, will likely be unprecedented.