Opinion: Ahead of the municipal election, we need candidates for Toronto City Council who prioritize growth, and we need voters to demand plans to create more housing in their neighbourhoods.
That’s why we’re calling on candidates in the upcoming election to finally hit go on solutions to build more housing across this region.
Workers who can ply their trades anywhere – nurses, teachers, tradespeople – are moving to cheaper communities while often earning as much as they would in Toronto. In Toronto, 70 per cent of neighbourhoods only permit detached houses with a secondary suite. This kind of exclusionary zoning needs to change quickly. Adding just one home to every hectare of these neighbourhoods, 45,000 more homes could be created.
Ahead of the municipal election, we need candidates for Toronto City Council who prioritize growth, and we need voters to demand plans to create more housing in their neighbourhoods. Toronto has made progress with its Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods program, but when recommendations come back to council in 2023, the can must not be kicked down the road any further.
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