by Chris Seepe | Feb 21, 2020 | News
Very little of substance from any level of government in Canada gives me hope that affordable housing (AH) in Ontario will become a reality within the next decade, but I see much evidence that it won’t happen. AH is a municipal-level issue but cities like Oshawa have...
by William Molls | Nov 15, 2019 | Featured, Publisher's Page
Last year, the City of Toronto opened a respite centre for people who are homeless in my neighbourhood. This news came in tandem with the destruction of a “tent city” under the nearby Gardiner Expressway – a space that is being reclaimed as the trendy Bentway for the...
by Don Procter | Sep 27, 2019 | Featured, News
The idea of renting an apartment with roommates is not new, but a crop of developers is putting a different spin on the concept. The new rental model is partly built around affordability but it also offers residents social connections that they wouldn’t get in a...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 18, 2019 | Featured, News
A new report says single mothers, Indigenous renter households, new immigrants, Canadians under the age of 30, and seniors are all facing higher levels of overspending on rental housing than the Canadian average. The information comes from the 2019 Canadian Rental...
by Chris Seepe | Jul 3, 2019 | Featured
Four years ago, I attended a presentation about Darlington, Ont.’s nuclear plant refurbishment program. They projected 2,000+ full-time and perhaps 4,000 “transient” jobs would be created over the next 10 years. I asked the general contractor what their plans were for...
