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Monitoring Progress & Activity on Twenty-One (21) sites 🏙️ proposed under the Mayor's #HousingNow plan for creating new Affordable-Rental units
#TOPoli #YIMBY
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[Toronto, ON] Our #AffordableHousing volunteers' response to the BUILD CANADA HOMES market-sounding was submitted last-week, and is now available to read as a PUBLIC PDF document -> drive.google.com/file/d/1HcIF...
Thanks to everyone who has engaged w/ our teams!
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Thanks to everyone who has engaged w/ our teams!
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1/ [Toronto, ON] Thanks to @jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social & #CollecdevTO for inviting our @uoftcities.bsky.social #MUCP students to attend yesterday's "CANADA BUILDS MODULAR SUMMIT 2025" and to showcase our #HousingInnovation work & projects on new in-fill #AffordableHousing developments in Toronto
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
1/ [Toronto, ON] Thanks to @jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social & #CollecdevTO for inviting our @uoftcities.bsky.social #MUCP students to attend yesterday's "CANADA BUILDS MODULAR SUMMIT 2025" and to showcase our #HousingInnovation work & projects on new in-fill #AffordableHousing developments in Toronto
[Toronto, ON] Our @torontomet.bsky.social Masters Studio student team's project on the ALLEN EAST DISTRICT is now featured in @ontarioplanners.bsky.social magazine, starting on PG 38 - ontarioplanners.ca/OPPIAssets/I...
These are surplus @toronto.ca lands next to #Downsview, managed by @_CreateTO
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These are surplus @toronto.ca lands next to #Downsview, managed by @_CreateTO
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September 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
[Toronto, ON] Our @torontomet.bsky.social Masters Studio student team's project on the ALLEN EAST DISTRICT is now featured in @ontarioplanners.bsky.social magazine, starting on PG 38 - ontarioplanners.ca/OPPIAssets/I...
These are surplus @toronto.ca lands next to #Downsview, managed by @_CreateTO
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These are surplus @toronto.ca lands next to #Downsview, managed by @_CreateTO
.
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This article - featuring quotes from one of our board members @cbailey6.bsky.social, and from @housingnowto.bsky.social - explores possible ramifications to the TDSB real estate portfolio in light of the province imposing supervision over the board.
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What Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? | The Local
The TDSB is one of Toronto’s largest landowners. When the province took over the board, it also took over its subsidiary that manages its properties—and it’s not saying what’s next.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This article - featuring quotes from one of our board members @cbailey6.bsky.social, and from @housingnowto.bsky.social - explores possible ramifications to the TDSB real estate portfolio in light of the province imposing supervision over the board.
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I met with leaders from @housingnowto.bsky.social on affordable housing and the Canadian Urban Transit Association on strengthening public transit across the country.
September 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I met with leaders from @housingnowto.bsky.social on affordable housing and the Canadian Urban Transit Association on strengthening public transit across the country.
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Sad I didn’t make it to #YIMBYtown this year, but at least I can relive the magic through my coffee mug. @housingnowto.bsky.social @russilwvong.bsky.social @nzorach.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sad I didn’t make it to #YIMBYtown this year, but at least I can relive the magic through my coffee mug. @housingnowto.bsky.social @russilwvong.bsky.social @nzorach.bsky.social
Sept 12 - [Toronto, ON] Kicking-Off today’s #MissingMiddle Conference 2025 with a full-day of speakers from Industry, Government and Community-Partners… 👷🔑#MMC2025
EVENT - themmc.ca
EVENT - themmc.ca
September 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Sept 12 - [Toronto, ON] Kicking-Off today’s #MissingMiddle Conference 2025 with a full-day of speakers from Industry, Government and Community-Partners… 👷🔑#MMC2025
EVENT - themmc.ca
EVENT - themmc.ca
[Toronto, ON] Sunday visit to the #TTC HQ lands at DAVISVILLE subway station w/ Sue Chen from "Housing Development & Revitalization" at @toronto.ca to talk about the 2023 plans for redeveloping the area inside the PMTSA w/ @uoftcities.bsky.social colleagues...🏗️🔑
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September 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
[Toronto, ON] Sunday visit to the #TTC HQ lands at DAVISVILLE subway station w/ Sue Chen from "Housing Development & Revitalization" at @toronto.ca to talk about the 2023 plans for redeveloping the area inside the PMTSA w/ @uoftcities.bsky.social colleagues...🏗️🔑
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[Toronto, ON] Attended this week's ground-breaking at @Fengate & @LIUNA's new transit-oriented apartment development near the WESTON & MOUNT DENNIS transit stations. The Dennis, provides 448 x new rental apartments including 89 x #AffordableRental units!
h/t @urbantoronto.bsky.social
h/t @urbantoronto.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
[Toronto, ON] Attended this week's ground-breaking at @Fengate & @LIUNA's new transit-oriented apartment development near the WESTON & MOUNT DENNIS transit stations. The Dennis, provides 448 x new rental apartments including 89 x #AffordableRental units!
h/t @urbantoronto.bsky.social
h/t @urbantoronto.bsky.social
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Toronto is opening the door to taller, denser housing near transit:
▫️ 30-storey towers within 200m
▫️ 6-storey apartments on side streets
▫️ 4-storey apartments within 800m
But will this really speed up construction?
#housing #realestate #housingcrisis
▫️ 30-storey towers within 200m
▫️ 6-storey apartments on side streets
▫️ 4-storey apartments within 800m
But will this really speed up construction?
#housing #realestate #housingcrisis
September 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Toronto is opening the door to taller, denser housing near transit:
▫️ 30-storey towers within 200m
▫️ 6-storey apartments on side streets
▫️ 4-storey apartments within 800m
But will this really speed up construction?
#housing #realestate #housingcrisis
▫️ 30-storey towers within 200m
▫️ 6-storey apartments on side streets
▫️ 4-storey apartments within 800m
But will this really speed up construction?
#housing #realestate #housingcrisis
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Policies alone don’t build housing.
Developers, planners, city staff, and architects might interpret the rules differently.
Without shared context, approvals risk slowing down just when speed matters most.
Developers, planners, city staff, and architects might interpret the rules differently.
Without shared context, approvals risk slowing down just when speed matters most.
September 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Policies alone don’t build housing.
Developers, planners, city staff, and architects might interpret the rules differently.
Without shared context, approvals risk slowing down just when speed matters most.
Developers, planners, city staff, and architects might interpret the rules differently.
Without shared context, approvals risk slowing down just when speed matters most.
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That’s why tools like our platform matter.
- Instantly access data
- Run calculations & parcel reports
- Visualize in 3D (shadows, view cones, more)
- and much more
Clarity + collaboration = faster, better housing outcomes.
Contact us to learn more
- Instantly access data
- Run calculations & parcel reports
- Visualize in 3D (shadows, view cones, more)
- and much more
Clarity + collaboration = faster, better housing outcomes.
Contact us to learn more
September 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
That’s why tools like our platform matter.
- Instantly access data
- Run calculations & parcel reports
- Visualize in 3D (shadows, view cones, more)
- and much more
Clarity + collaboration = faster, better housing outcomes.
Contact us to learn more
- Instantly access data
- Run calculations & parcel reports
- Visualize in 3D (shadows, view cones, more)
- and much more
Clarity + collaboration = faster, better housing outcomes.
Contact us to learn more
September 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
[Toronto, ON] Launching another great year of new-build #AffordableHousing development & innovation site-assessments w/ our new HNTO Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (#MUCP) student team for the 2025-2026 school year at @uoftcities.bsky.social! 🤓🌟
MUCP - t.co/e25YN18eNC
MUCP - t.co/e25YN18eNC
September 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
[Toronto, ON] Launching another great year of new-build #AffordableHousing development & innovation site-assessments w/ our new HNTO Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (#MUCP) student team for the 2025-2026 school year at @uoftcities.bsky.social! 🤓🌟
MUCP - t.co/e25YN18eNC
MUCP - t.co/e25YN18eNC
[Etobicoke, ON] Great to have Ontario Housing Minister @RobFlackEML join us on a development site-tour of @Windmill_Green's new 9-storey / 60-unit #MassTimber, mixed-use apartment building w/ 🇨🇦 Made-in-Canada #GreenBuilding tech from @IC_Vancouver ...
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September 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
[Etobicoke, ON] Great to have Ontario Housing Minister @RobFlackEML join us on a development site-tour of @Windmill_Green's new 9-storey / 60-unit #MassTimber, mixed-use apartment building w/ 🇨🇦 Made-in-Canada #GreenBuilding tech from @IC_Vancouver ...
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We will unfortunately NOT be attending #YIMBYtown this year, due to the mid-September 2025 dates conflicting with HNTO’s on-campus commitments for students at @uoftcities.bsky.social & @torontomet.bsky.social.🇨🇦
Hopefully future YIMBYtown events will be held in Winter / Spring months again… 🗓
Hopefully future YIMBYtown events will be held in Winter / Spring months again… 🗓
September 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We will unfortunately NOT be attending #YIMBYtown this year, due to the mid-September 2025 dates conflicting with HNTO’s on-campus commitments for students at @uoftcities.bsky.social & @torontomet.bsky.social.🇨🇦
Hopefully future YIMBYtown events will be held in Winter / Spring months again… 🗓
Hopefully future YIMBYtown events will be held in Winter / Spring months again… 🗓
[Toronto, ON] "...we grow the lumber here, we harvest the lumber here, we make the panels here, we make the steel here, we recycle the steel here, and it becomes the kind of housing you are seeing behind me..." - HNTO on
@CBCToronto
#MassTimber #AffordableRental
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI5O...
@CBCToronto
#MassTimber #AffordableRental
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How Ontario's slowing housing market is affecting trades jobs
YouTube video by CBC News Toronto
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September 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
[Toronto, ON] "...we grow the lumber here, we harvest the lumber here, we make the panels here, we make the steel here, we recycle the steel here, and it becomes the kind of housing you are seeing behind me..." - HNTO on
@CBCToronto
#MassTimber #AffordableRental
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI5O...
@CBCToronto
#MassTimber #AffordableRental
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI5O...
[Scarborough, ON] New #AffordableRental apartment opportunity is now OPEN at Pharmacy & Finch.
Twenty-Four (24) x #AffordableHousing units in 1, 2 & 3- Bedroom floorplans via #HousingLottery in #TOPoli.
📍DEADLINE to submit an application is SEPT 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM (EDT).
Twenty-Four (24) x #AffordableHousing units in 1, 2 & 3- Bedroom floorplans via #HousingLottery in #TOPoli.
📍DEADLINE to submit an application is SEPT 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM (EDT).
September 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
[Scarborough, ON] New #AffordableRental apartment opportunity is now OPEN at Pharmacy & Finch.
Twenty-Four (24) x #AffordableHousing units in 1, 2 & 3- Bedroom floorplans via #HousingLottery in #TOPoli.
📍DEADLINE to submit an application is SEPT 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM (EDT).
Twenty-Four (24) x #AffordableHousing units in 1, 2 & 3- Bedroom floorplans via #HousingLottery in #TOPoli.
📍DEADLINE to submit an application is SEPT 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM (EDT).
[Toronto] “The City-owned site at 275 Merton St, near Davisville & Yonge, was used by Toronto Water for office space & parking. But soon it will be 447 new purpose-built rental homes. 30% of them will be affordable” @mayoroliviachow.ca
@jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
@jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
September 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
[Toronto] “The City-owned site at 275 Merton St, near Davisville & Yonge, was used by Toronto Water for office space & parking. But soon it will be 447 new purpose-built rental homes. 30% of them will be affordable” @mayoroliviachow.ca
@jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
@jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
[Toronto, ON] Our #AffordableHousing volunteers' response to the BUILD CANADA HOMES market-sounding was submitted last-week, and is now available to read as a PUBLIC PDF document -> drive.google.com/file/d/1HcIF...
Thanks to everyone who has engaged w/ our teams!
x.com/HICC_ca/stat...
Thanks to everyone who has engaged w/ our teams!
x.com/HICC_ca/stat...
September 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
[Toronto, ON] Our #AffordableHousing volunteers' response to the BUILD CANADA HOMES market-sounding was submitted last-week, and is now available to read as a PUBLIC PDF document -> drive.google.com/file/d/1HcIF...
Thanks to everyone who has engaged w/ our teams!
x.com/HICC_ca/stat...
Thanks to everyone who has engaged w/ our teams!
x.com/HICC_ca/stat...
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Put on my blue @housingnowto.bsky.social Tshirt to discuss mentorship opportunities this coming school year for capstone projects at @uoftcities.bsky.social
#AffordableHousing
#AffordableHousing
August 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Put on my blue @housingnowto.bsky.social Tshirt to discuss mentorship opportunities this coming school year for capstone projects at @uoftcities.bsky.social
#AffordableHousing
#AffordableHousing
[Vancouver, BC] “…an empty residential building is sometimes less costly for the owner than a building filled w/ tenants who, if the property is redeveloped, may require compensation according to city policy, as well as BC RTB rules...” - @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...
Vancouver tries to get a handle on its empty-building problem
The new task force was formed after last year’s demolition of the historic Dunsmuir Hotel
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
[Vancouver, BC] “…an empty residential building is sometimes less costly for the owner than a building filled w/ tenants who, if the property is redeveloped, may require compensation according to city policy, as well as BC RTB rules...” - @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...
[East York, ON] Good to see “Coach Nate” being a Dad & Team-Builder this Summer..!💚⚾️
When the NEW #ModularHousing building in the background was 1st proposed for #RapidHousing back in 2021 — local #NIMBY voices warned that it would be a “REAL danger to kids in the area!”…😤😵💫
When the NEW #ModularHousing building in the background was 1st proposed for #RapidHousing back in 2021 — local #NIMBY voices warned that it would be a “REAL danger to kids in the area!”…😤😵💫
August 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
[East York, ON] Good to see “Coach Nate” being a Dad & Team-Builder this Summer..!💚⚾️
When the NEW #ModularHousing building in the background was 1st proposed for #RapidHousing back in 2021 — local #NIMBY voices warned that it would be a “REAL danger to kids in the area!”…😤😵💫
When the NEW #ModularHousing building in the background was 1st proposed for #RapidHousing back in 2021 — local #NIMBY voices warned that it would be a “REAL danger to kids in the area!”…😤😵💫
100% CORRECT — we talked a lot about the required “Cat-Wrangler” skills needed to make new build #AfffordableHousing development projects successful in Toronto over-and-over at this week’s #AMO2025 conference in Ottawa — with private & gov colleagues from all over Ontario…
August 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
100% CORRECT — we talked a lot about the required “Cat-Wrangler” skills needed to make new build #AfffordableHousing development projects successful in Toronto over-and-over at this week’s #AMO2025 conference in Ottawa — with private & gov colleagues from all over Ontario…
[Ottawa, ON] Great panel w/ Andrew Boozary MD
& @namshine.bsky.social talking about this smart #ModularHousing project in #Parkdale w/ @uhn.ca
, #FredVictorTO & @toronto.ca at #AMO2025 -- "Innovative Approaches to Supporting Mental Health & #SupportiveHousing"...
& @namshine.bsky.social talking about this smart #ModularHousing project in #Parkdale w/ @uhn.ca
, #FredVictorTO & @toronto.ca at #AMO2025 -- "Innovative Approaches to Supporting Mental Health & #SupportiveHousing"...
August 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
[Ottawa, ON] Great panel w/ Andrew Boozary MD
& @namshine.bsky.social talking about this smart #ModularHousing project in #Parkdale w/ @uhn.ca
, #FredVictorTO & @toronto.ca at #AMO2025 -- "Innovative Approaches to Supporting Mental Health & #SupportiveHousing"...
& @namshine.bsky.social talking about this smart #ModularHousing project in #Parkdale w/ @uhn.ca
, #FredVictorTO & @toronto.ca at #AMO2025 -- "Innovative Approaches to Supporting Mental Health & #SupportiveHousing"...
[Ottawa, ON] Starting our day at #AMO2025 w/ the Ontario Long-Term Care Association (@oltcanews.bsky.social
) breakfast - "USE THE DATA : Unlock Local Seniors' Care Solutions" - like our HNTO #YIMBY volunteers do to SUPPORT new #LTC developments in Toronto whenever #NIMBY folks protest...
) breakfast - "USE THE DATA : Unlock Local Seniors' Care Solutions" - like our HNTO #YIMBY volunteers do to SUPPORT new #LTC developments in Toronto whenever #NIMBY folks protest...
August 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
[Ottawa, ON] Starting our day at #AMO2025 w/ the Ontario Long-Term Care Association (@oltcanews.bsky.social
) breakfast - "USE THE DATA : Unlock Local Seniors' Care Solutions" - like our HNTO #YIMBY volunteers do to SUPPORT new #LTC developments in Toronto whenever #NIMBY folks protest...
) breakfast - "USE THE DATA : Unlock Local Seniors' Care Solutions" - like our HNTO #YIMBY volunteers do to SUPPORT new #LTC developments in Toronto whenever #NIMBY folks protest...