Housing advocates in Toronto are calling on a group of developers to drop an appeal against a key part of the city's planning act that helps determine housing affordability.
Walied Khogali Ali, of the Regent Park Neighbourhood Association, was part of a coalition of housing advocates at city hall on Thursday. They are calling on a group of developers to drop an appeal against a key part of the city's planning act that helps determine housing affordability.
"We need to make sure that all of Toronto can afford to live here," said Rosemarie Powell, the executive director of the network, who stressed keeping the current system in place will push people out of their homes and into poverty." Powell said the difference in the cost of rent between the two measures can be as much as 50 per cent. The appeal has paused progress on that change, and could endanger it, she added.Minto Inc., Greenwin Holding Inc., Double Z Investments Inc., Policy Investment Ltd. are among the appellants listed in Ontario Land Tribunal documents obtained by CBC Toronto. A lawyer listed as counsel for the group of developers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Walied Khogali Ali, of the Regent Park Neighbourhood Association, said the development community must work with community residents' groups to help ensure affordable housing is available across the city.
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