Tanisha Pessoa is anxious and frustrated. For a year, she’s wondered if she will soon be forced to move out of her social housing unit in Allenbury Gardens.
“What will I do when I can’t afford the cost of living in my new home?” she asked. “The thought of being displaced because they’re building condos that cost more than my rent, worries me.”
On March 22, the new federal Liberal government released its first budget. The Toronto Observer’s Bradley Dobson, Daniel McKenzie, Cherry (Changhong) Liu and Amy McNeill take a look at what’s in store for Ontario’s public transit, social housing, old age security and Bombardier.
The Mayor’s task force on Toronto Community Housing has released a list of recommendations targeted at improving longstanding issues residents have faced. Mayor John Tory unveiled the findings of the report in a press conference on Jan. 26.
The recent report released by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis has tied improvements to Toronto Community Housing to increased social and economic opportunity.
Pam Smith says she hopes the scandal surrounding the Toronto Community Housing Corporation doesn’t spur privatization.
Lack of transportation is the main obstacle to people getting healthy food in Scarborough, says Peter Dorfman, a manager in the city’s health department.