Community Bonds
Community bonds, also known as social impact bonds or community investment bonds, are financial instruments issued by community organizations, municipalities, or nonprofits to raise funds for specific projects that benefit the community. These bonds typically offer investors a financial return while also generating positive social or environmental outcomes. Benefits Benefits of community bonds include community […]
Application to Evict, Demolish and Develop at Lake Promenad
Continued increases in rent and the cost of living have led people to become more engaged in pushing for improvements in the quality of their lives and their communities. Recently, we’ve seen people take action, recognizing that many are disadvantaged by how the housing market operates in the province. Tenants across Toronto have organized […]
Household trends to determine housing type?
With the ever-increasing cost of living, getting by while living in Toronto is difficult for many residents. We’ve seen that housing is unaffordable through our the federally funded research we conducted in South Etobicoke, Toronto and more recently, tenants city-wide have organized protests in response to continued rent increases. One case, in South Etobicoke, proposed […]
Community Based Research Canada Webinar
CBRCanada Webinar: Moving the Dial On Housing Affordability & Advocacy This webinar will delve into a community-based participatory research study “South Etobicoke Housing Affordability”, led by Salomeh Ahmadi, Humber College, in partnership with LAMP Community Health Centre that focuses on improving the health and wellbeing of the most marginalized in South Etobicoke (Toronto), specifically low-income, seniors and students who […]
Toronto’s Housing Data Hub Points to a Need for More Affordable Housing
City Data And More Affordable Housing Needed As part of its Housing Action Plan, the City of Toronto launched a Housing Data Hub in March 2023. The hub is a publicly accessible source for data related to housing in the city, including information about homes that are approved, under construction, and completed. The Housing Data […]
Creative Housing Solutions: Accessory Dwelling Units
What’s a gentle density approach to housing? Among the many solutions to address the housing affordability crisis we face in Toronto is accessory dwelling units, or ADUs. These types of units are part of a gentle density strategy to building more housing in a city where a majority of new housing construction focuses on condo […]
Creative Housing Solutions: Rooming Houses
Rooming Houses Building more supply is a common solution proposed to address the housing affordability crisis we face in Toronto, but the type of supply permitted and built will have an impact on who can afford to continue living in the city. As rents continue to increase while wages remain stagnant, the country sees record-high […]
The Rent Stabilization Act
The Rent Stabilization Act Commonly proposed solutions to the housing affordability crisis includes building more supply or providing more non-market housing. Policy and legislation changes can also improve affordability and positively impact those who are more at risk of unstable housing. Policy change guarantees long-term sustainable change, if the proposition Ontario NDP MPPs recently re-introduced […]
SEHA’s Guide to a Non-Profit Hackathon
What’s a Hackathon? Hackathon is an approach to group problem-solving, used to crowdsource solutions, and to address pressing real-life problems or social issues. A hackathon is concentrated work (like a sprint) among a group of people on one problem statement a time-bound event, they can be 24 hours to a week long! can be […]
Building a Path Forward: Housing Affordability Conference
We’re excited to host a local housing conference in South Etobicoke. Let’s envision housing solutions together in our community! Building a Path Forward – Let’s build a collaborative approach to visioning what the future looks like for our community. Live music, keynote, panel on community organizing, workshops, spoken word performance & hackathon! Register now! Location: […]
