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2023 Toronto Mayoral by-election
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Northern Light
Superstar
The Star out with piece this morning (behind the paywall) which looks at how the City is (NOT) meeting its goals on affordable housing.
The metric they are using is the old John Tory promise of 40,000 affordable rental units by 2030.
www.thestar.com
From the above:
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Good to see the City's top housing czar aware of something:
“Although nothing will ever be built that isn’t approved, it’s also true that you can’t live in an approval,” Bond said.
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To look at that above collectively is to see public officials and pols with their heads buried in the sand.
1) They have failed to come anywhere close to their own goals.
2) If every single one of those 40,000 (as yet fictional) units were delivered tomorrow, and if everyone on the waiting list for public housing could afford them, there would still be 45,500 households in need of housing, if Toronto stopped adding people.
3) The rents being charged are mostly well beyond what those households can manage; meaning we need to get back to deeply affordable/RGI housing, at least, as a portion of the solution.
4) Toronto is growing. In the absence of radical changes in Federal/Provincial policy, that needs to be taken into account. If Toronto adds an average of 70,000 residents per year, or 700,000 over the next decade, IF the market stabilized, you would still expect the proportion of folks in need to remain constant. That's about 5% (I think that's low, but I digress); 5% is an additional 20,600 households in need (700, 000 / 1.7 gives number of households x 0.05)
The hole just keeps getting deeper.
The metric they are using is the old John Tory promise of 40,000 affordable rental units by 2030.
Toronto approved 19,700 affordable rentals. Only about 1,600 have been built
Across Toronto, badly needed affordable rentals are being roadblocked by rising rates and shrinking margins, says head of city hall’s housing secretariat.
www.thestar.com
From the above:
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Good to see the City's top housing czar aware of something:
“Although nothing will ever be built that isn’t approved, it’s also true that you can’t live in an approval,” Bond said.
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***
To look at that above collectively is to see public officials and pols with their heads buried in the sand.
1) They have failed to come anywhere close to their own goals.
2) If every single one of those 40,000 (as yet fictional) units were delivered tomorrow, and if everyone on the waiting list for public housing could afford them, there would still be 45,500 households in need of housing, if Toronto stopped adding people.
3) The rents being charged are mostly well beyond what those households can manage; meaning we need to get back to deeply affordable/RGI housing, at least, as a portion of the solution.
4) Toronto is growing. In the absence of radical changes in Federal/Provincial policy, that needs to be taken into account. If Toronto adds an average of 70,000 residents per year, or 700,000 over the next decade, IF the market stabilized, you would still expect the proportion of folks in need to remain constant. That's about 5% (I think that's low, but I digress); 5% is an additional 20,600 households in need (700, 000 / 1.7 gives number of households x 0.05)
The hole just keeps getting deeper.
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christiesplits
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I suspect you'll see a lot of candidates commit to not using the strong mayor powers, with the possible exception of housing votes.
BigWillieCollum
New Member
As someone relatively unfamiliar with Chow, not sure what I could expect.
Can someone smarter than me kindly share what she was like on Council?
Can someone smarter than me kindly share what she was like on Council?
Richard White
Senior Member
If I am not mistaken, she lived in social housing with Jack while working off a councilors salary?
I like Olivia and no doubt she would make a fine mayor but she is past her prime. She has been out of the political fray so long that not many will vote for her.
goreckm
Active Member
Probably an empty promise anyways. If a progressive mayor gets in and tries to use strong mayor powers for anything other than housing, Ford will just deem it not a provincial priority and disallow it.
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christiesplits
Guest
I believe Layton and Chow lived in rent-geared-to-income housing in a co-op.
Richard White
Senior Member
Thank you for that. I knew it was something along those lines.
I wonder if they will dredge up the Massage Parlor incident if she runs for mayor.
Northern Light
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toaster29
Active Member
Today I don't think this would be a story. We're at a point that public housing is needed for teachers, nurses, lawyers, and approaching councillors (if they are single - 30% of a council salary after taxes is getting close) - not just those minimum wage workers/low income workers we traditionally think are in need of subsidized housing. A single income paying over $2500 (average 1 bedroom apartment) does not leave much for food, kid(s), transportation, media, heat.
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Wrong. False. Lies.
picard102
Senior Member
According to the Anyone But Chow campaign as a councilor wanted the city to borrow to the limit and then default on those loans.
She opposed cutting perks for Councilors, cuts to Councilors salary, and had one of the highest office budgets.
SJD_Toronto
Active Member
MPP Mitzie Hunter will be announcing her run very soon.
https://www.cp24.com/news/i-m-all-in-liberal-mpp-mitzie-hunter-says-that-she-is-preparing-to-run-in-toronto-s-mayoral-byelection-1.6323789
https://www.cp24.com/news/i-m-all-in-liberal-mpp-mitzie-hunter-says-that-she-is-preparing-to-run-in-toronto-s-mayoral-byelection-1.6323789
christiesplits
Senior Member
Congrats Scarborough-Guildwood for having five elections - 2021 federal general, 2022 provincial general, 2022 municipal general, 2023 municipal by-election and 2023 provincial by-election - in three years.
