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Let’s say you’re #AffordableHousing voters (we are!) but you want to do the research on the parties’ positions before voting 🤓
Here’s a 🧵for you! We’ll be adding resources as we go along, so check back in the coming days.
#ONpoli #ONelxn #Vote4Housing
Thank you to everyone who contributed to #Vote4Housing! We congratulate the @OntarioPCParty on its win.
As a non-partisan campaign, we committed to work on #AffordableHousing with any party or person willing to solve this crisis. There’s so much to be done & that work begins now.
Today’s the day. The mission is simple: Go #Vote4Housing!
Find your voting location here: voterinformationservice.elec… and remember that you do not need a permanent address to vote!
"I'm 29 and can't move out of my parents' place unless I'm willing to spend 65% of income on rent. I have two degrees and a good job yet cannot have decent housing! It's out of control." cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/h…
Today, we tell candidates and leaders that #affordablehousing must be a Day 1 priority ➡️ vote4housing.ca
Tomorrow, we #Vote4Housing.
Friday, the work of ensuring our next government delivers on building affordable housing begins.
theglobeandmail.com/politics…
This isn't affordable or sustainable. And it's not just Toronto facing a crisis.
All Ontarians deserve a safe place to live--without spending every last cent on rent.
It's never been more critical to #Vote4Housing. #onpoli vote4housing.ca thestar.com/news/gta/2022/05…
“What we need is a targeted approach that increases the supply of affordable housing options in particular — that means supporting non-profit organizations, community land trusts, social housing…” - @JoelRexRoberts
@TessKalinowski on supply: thestar.com/business/real_es…
These numbers are shocking but not surprising. We have an #AffordableHousing crisis in Ontario.
Whoever forms the next government must take action on Day 1. Contact party leaders and local candidates ASAP through our tool at vote4housing.ca
#ONpoli #ONelxn #Vote4Housing
NEW: A new poll of renters in Ontario demonstrates the alarming crisis of affordability. Ontario renters are balancing on a knife’s edge to stay housed.
60% of renters in Ontario have had to cut back on food in order to be able to afford their rents.
ALT Picture of empty cupboards with minimal food items. White text on a blue background reads "No one should have to choose between food and rent. Yet, 60% of renters in Ontario have had to cut back on food to afford their rents. Source: EKOS Public Opinion Poll, May 2022." From the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario.
“We need to vote and raise our voices accordingly, to cast our ballots for political leaders and parties who will make the tough, bold and not always popular choices needed to take on the housing crisis threatening our communities.” @EneUnderwood tvo.org/article/to-fix-the-h…
Every day of this campaign, we’ve been feeling momentum.
Ontarians want to solve the housing crisis. Affordable housing policy is on the ballot.
Are you a #HousingVoter? This is our chance to send the parties a message -> Vote4Housing.ca
👀 👀 👀 (great work by @MoreNeighbours)
In our analysis of platforms, we grouped policies into 5 distinct categories:
1) Ambitious Goals
2) Building More Homes
3) Housing Justice
4) Changing Behavior
5) Stopping Bad Demand
Check out the full table to see what is included in each:
moreneighbours.ca/news/analy…
We have room for plenty of housing—especially affordable housing—if we use space in smart ways. Much of today’s co-op and nonprofit housing is our proof of concept.
Of all the objections NIMBYs raise to new housing and infrastructure, perhaps the most risible is that their community is already too crowded. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
If you’re like us, and you’ve got #AffordableHousing on your mind as you head to the polls, here’s what you need to know to make an informed decision (via @ONPHA). qc.onpha.on.ca/2022/05/what-…
We need to discuss the crisis, but #vote4housing is about fixing things. With the right commitments and investments from Ontario’s government, there’s so much we can do. Here are some ideas from California👇🏻👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏿
Though our housing crisis in Toronto may not be as severe as California, this article highlights some innovative ideas on how to address the housing affordability crisis #housingaffordability #torontorealestate #torontorealtor chanzuckerberg.com/blog/affo…
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“We’re asking our elected leaders to treat homelessness and housing precarity like the urgent health and human rights issues that they are,” write @IshBhuiyan @formacannie @sandraqsmiley in @TheTyee
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/05/1…
Good morning! Advanced polls are open. Is today the day you #Vote4Housing? toronto.citynews.ca/2022/05/…
Our #vote4housing poll found “64% of Torontonians agreed housing investments for lower-income Ontarians “benefit everyone, not just lower income people,” and 70% said [those investments] “can help end homelessness and stimulate Ontario’s economic recovery.”toronto.com/news/provincial-…
We can do so much better ensuring Ontarians of all abilities have affordable places to live. Co-op and non-profit housing can play a vital role. thestar.com/business/2022/05…
#Vote4Housing “has presented an action plan… [for] the creation of a strategy to end chronic homelessness, partnering with non-profits and co-ops to create permanently affordable housing on surplus government land, and an acquisition program.” @TimoRoss
torontosun.com/news/ontario-…
"In a period when homelessness and housing costs have reached crisis levels, it’s time to look to the past to see what solutions have worked," writes Margaret Kohn (@peggy443) in @LFPress. lfpress.com/opinion/columnis…