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Investors buying up single-family and condominium homes are part of what is making it harder than ever for most Canadians to buy a home. A new report by the Missing Middle Institute and the Canadian Real Estate Association calculates that between the 2011 and 2021 Censuses, about 400,000 newly-built ground-oriented homes (single family or townhouses) … Read more
It is investor landlords who are most likely to apply for above-guideline rent increases and to evict vulnerable tenants, including racialized tenants. Researcher Martine August, at the University of Waterloo, in a presentation this week on research in progress, noted that 47 per cent of landlord requests for above-guideline rent increases in Ontario came from … Read more
Save Our Conservation Authorities The province wants to dismantle Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities (CAs) and replace them with seven much larger ones directed by a new provincially-appointed agency. If you missed Hamilton 350’s excellent webinar last week, you can watch here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu11vF2NBDY&t=13s
Rally Time! Like the Greenbelt legislation that was stopped by public outcry, we can make a difference by getting involved, phoning our MPPs, joining a group campaign. Save our Streams is organizing a rally to SAVE OUR CONSERVATION AUTHORITIES! Bring a sign or make one at our sign-making table. When: Sunday Feb 1, 2026 from … Read more
The documentary Push made a big splash when it was released in 2019. It follows United Nations Special Rapporteur for Housing Leilani Farha as she investigates what’s behind soaring housing costs. Now you can watch it, online, on Thursday January 22, 7 p.m., by registering here https://hamiltondiocese.com/reel-justice-film-festival/ It’s part of the Hamilton Catholic diocese’s Reel … Read more