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Toronto’s rooming houses: Opaque ownership, invisible displacement
Private landlords and non-profits provide affordable housing in the form of multi-tenant homes. While there is a lot of opacity around private providers, housing advocates say it’s imperative to support them in their transition to the City of Toronto’s new licensing framework, and thus maintain a stock of safe, secure multi-tenant housing.
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Toronto’s most affordable housing is becoming too expensive to run
An update to licensing intended to improve safety and consistency in Toronto rooming houses may inadvertently lead to their eventual extinction.
How place-based investing could help finance cities’ climate plan: the LC3 network case
Climate-mitigation funding is drying up like the lakes and rivers it’s trying to save. So how can Canada’s cities and municipalities pay for their plans when funding gaps prevent them? Social finance reporter Diane Berard explores the LC3 network in the case study below.
Canada’s housing market at a standstill, impacting social services system-wide: study
More than half of Canadian homeowners say they plan to stay in their current homes, according to a recent CPA Canada study, a trend that is contributing to a stagnant housing market in some cities and placing added pressure on the social sector.
Disbursement quota change released extra $711 million into charitable sector: Imagine Canada
New research into the impact of the disbursement quota changes has found that 1,190 foundations, primarily private, were affected. According to Imagine Canada’s principal researcher David Lasby, these foundations would previously have been “disbursing below the levels required by the new quota.”
B.C. Registrar of Lobbyists announces six-month pause on lobbying violation fines
Between Apr. 1 and Sep. 30, 2026, unregistered organizations, non-profits and consultant lobbyists will be supported by an educational campaign to increase awareness of requirements under British Columbia’s Lobbyists Transparency Act.
Texting with a stranger beats a chatbot at easing loneliness: Canadian study
UBC-led study challenges the idea that an always-available AI companion can substitute for a human connection.
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Toronto’s rooming houses: Opaque ownership, invisible displacement
Private landlords and non-profits provide affordable housing in the form of multi-tenant homes. While there is a lot of opacity around private providers, housing advocates say it’s imperative to support them in their transition to the City of Toronto’s new licensing framework, and thus maintain a stock of safe, secure multi-tenant housing.
Toronto’s most affordable housing is becoming too expensive to run
An update to licensing intended to improve safety and consistency in Toronto rooming houses may inadvertently lead to their eventual extinction.
Food prices are already high in Canada. Will the Iran war make them worse?
Oil‑driven cost pressures may ripple through Canada’s food system — but not as sharply as past global shocks.
B.C. government to end rent supplement program April 1
Affordable housing programs rolled back under BC government budget cuts.
