HomeComing Coalition
In an outstanding demonstration of leadership, Toronto Councillor Joe Cressy stood alongside former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and representatives of the Annex Residents Association to announce a new homeless shelter will be coming to Davenport and Dupont. For many city councillors, shelter announcements present a moment of dread. But they shouldn’t be. Cressy reminds us…
Continue Reading “It’s time for us to stop being so fearful”
The very first chapter of the Federal Government’s new National Housing Strategy affirms that “Housing Rights Are Human Rights.” We couldn’t agree more. But what do housing rights look like in practice? The Ontario Government offered a good example in March 2016, when it introduced legislation that would permit municipalities to enact Inclusionary Zoning by-laws.…
Continue Reading How Ontario’s Inclusionary Zoning regs EXCLUDE just about everyone
Sarnia did it in 2010. Then Kitchener in 2012, and Toronto and Smiths Falls in 2014. Now London City Councillors have unanimously agreed to scrap a zoning by-law that discriminates against people with disabilities. London’s by-law had required that group homes be separated by 250 metres. But as members of Community Living London told members…
Continue Reading London revokes discriminatory group home by-law
