Do you ever wonder whether our system of housing is fundamentally broken?
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Background references
Home prices versus incomes in Canadian cities (2022): https://blog.remax.ca/housing-affordability-in-canada/
Soaring rents (March 2023): https://rentals.ca/national-rent-report
Subsidized housing waitlists: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/11/29/a-37-year-wait-for-a-subsidized-one-bedroom-3808-applicants-for-200-lower-cost-rentals-the-hunt-for-affordable-housing-in-toronto-today.html
Families leaving Toronto: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/toronto-young-children-southwestern-ontario-1.6411782
Young adults living with their parents: https://mikepmoffatt.medium.com/ontarios-housing-crisis-we-need-to-stop-interpreting-constrained-optimization-as-free-choice-403c896b627c
Homes approved but not built: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-housing-homes-approved-not-built-1.6774509
Bank of Canada interest rates: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/banking-and-financial-statistics/posted-interest-rates-offered-by-chartered-banks/
Residential building construction price index Q4 2022 (Toronto is 182.5): https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/230208/t001d-eng.htm
Residential building construction price index Q2 2018 (Toronto is 108.1): https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/180816/t001c-eng.htm
80 Dale Avenue references
UrbanToronto on 80 Dale original high-rise proposal: https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2018/05/affordable-housing-rentals-proposed-near-guildwood-go.32355
UrbanToronto on mid-rise proposal: https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2019/07/80-dale-avenue-proposal-scarborough-scaled-back-resubmitted.37969
2002 city report on city land in Scarborough Village: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2002/agendas/council/cc020521/sc4rpt/cl014.pdf
Loss of development charge refund: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/affordable-housing-project-up-in-the-air-after-provincial-cuts-1.5297638
80 Dale public consultation report: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c94e6f1f8135a38595641fc/t/5ef506c9cb4a5e5db1f2ac68/1593116365933/19-02-06_80+Dale+Consultation+Report.pdf
Two councillors speaking out against the original high-rise proposal: https://www.toronto.com/news/development-bid-near-scarboroughs-guildwood-go-station-to-be-revised/article_10bf8fa9-e935-5b90-a4f9-18f425f4b0d5.html?
2021 staff report on 80 Dale Avenue that includes a report on neighbourhood opposition to original high-rise proposal: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/sc/bgrd/backgroundfile-170816.pdf
Neighbours speaking out at Scarborough Community Council against scaled-down mid-rise plan: https://www.youtube.com/live/7b3-p-J3uow?feature=share&t=849
HousingNowTO statement on loss of affordable housing in mid-rise proposal: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/sc/comm/communicationfile-136369.pdf
Toronto’s development charge fee list: https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/8dad-Development-Charge-Rates-Effective-August-15-2022.pdf
“Reassessing the Case for Development Charges in Canadian Municipalities”: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=urbancentre-reports
CMHC report on development charges, including Montreal charging less: https://assets.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/sites/cmhc/professional/housing-markets-data-and-research/market-reports/housing-market-insight/2022/housing-market-insight-69949-m07-en.pdf?rev=bbc85058-a9ee-4a77-a047-80ac855278bc
Councillor’s letter against affordable housing funding for original high-rise proposal: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/ah/comm/communicationfile-85140.pdf