This article examines how minimum separation distance bylaws that limit the location and number of group homes for disabled persons were applied in an Ontario town. It also shows how progressive notions of social mix and community integration can be used to legitimate reducing housing for particular populations and enact discriminatory zoning. However, there is…
In the zone: Housing, human rights and municipal planning
This resource outlines how opposition to housing projects based on stereotypes or prejudice towards people who will live in them is against the law; that is, it violates people’s rights to be free from discrimination in housing. It discusses why people do not have the right to choose their neighbours. As well it lists various…
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Governing Homelessness Through Land-use: A Sociolegal Study of the Toronto Shelter Zoning By-law
This article examines how the City of Toronto attempted to address homelessness in the late-1990s by relying on inclusionary zoning that would create a space for more shelters. It examines the process that led to the passing of the municipal shelter by-law 138-2003 as well as the appeals made to the Ontario Municipal Board and…