Searching for the perfect roommate
Apartmate, a new service in Toronto, is bringing people together for a night out to match up potential roommates.
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Frigid temperatures lead to hike in shelter usage in Toronto
Upward of 5,000 homeless people depend on city-funded shelters to keep warm during bone-chilling winter nights, according to the City of Toronto website. There has been a steady increase, by 1.6 per cent, in the homeless population since 2009. Emergency shelters are experiencing the highest average for nightly occupancy since 2011, accommodating more than 4,000 homeless people every night in all 57 city-operated shelters.
Decision to sell over 700 TCHC homes held off until September
Amtol Ahmed, a mother of two, received notice last July that her family may soon have to move as their home of 10 years, owned by the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), may be sold. “Why [would] the government give [us] a house if they’re going to sell it five to 10 years later?” she says.
Confusion over housing program
Since a rash of area break-ins over the summer, affecting 24 residences on Jackman Avenue and restaurants on the Danforth, police have apprehended a resident of a local apartment building.
New housing for aboriginal families
Angus Palmer, general manager of Wigawamen, says the deal helps one of Toronto’s most vulnerable communities. “It’s an opportunity to take 20 housing units, the vast majority of which are vacant and have been vacant for many years, and rent them out to aboriginal families who are in desperate need of housing,” Palmer said.
The high price of Pan Am
It’s public knowledge Scarborough is getting a new aquatics facility for the 2015 Pan Am Games, but residents might not be aware of the overall cost of hosting the games.
Realtors riled by condo crush
Location, location, location. The mantra of many a real estate agent and quite possibly the most important factor in property development, and also it seems in actually purchasing a condo.
YWCA Elm Centre will stand tall for at-risk women
When Iman Namara fled Uganda for Canada to escape an abusive relationship in 2007, her first stop was a YWCA shelter in Toronto.