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June 12, 2020
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Video: Expanding Housing Options in Toronto

By Ryerson CBI | Housing, Urban Development | No Comments
We were pleased to collaborate with Urban Land Institute Toronto on this new video featuring local city builders speaking to the challenge of housing affordability and options in Toronto. It...
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April 14, 2020
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New Thinking on Urban Density: Our Latest Report

By Ryerson CBI | Environment, Housing, Urban Development
Over the past year, our team at Ryerson CBI has been working on a report called Density Done Right, which explores how communities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe can sustainably...
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December 18, 2019
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Does Gentle Density Require an Aggressive Approach?

By Ryerson CBI | Housing

The title of this post was a question posed at the first event of The Globe and Mail’s “National Housing Innovation Series” on December 6, 2019 in Toronto. The following…

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August 6, 2019
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Op-Ed: Is Lot Splitting a Good Way to Increase Density? Yes.

By Ryerson CBI | Housing, Op-Ed

This op-ed appeared in the Toronto Star on August 6, 2019. By Cherise Burda. Toronto is facing a housing affordability crisis, and single-detached neighbourhoods are, unfortunately, growing increasingly exclusive. Meanwhile,…

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June 7, 2019
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House Divided: Foreword by Cherise Burda

By Ryerson CBI | Housing, Urban Development

Forthcoming from Coach House Books, House Divided is an exciting new title for the urbanist library, edited by Alex Bozikovic, Cheryll Case, John Lorinc and Annabel Vaughan. Cherise Burda, Executive…

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June 3, 2019
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On Bill 108 and the Housing Supply Action Plan

By Ryerson CBI | Environment, Housing, Regional Planning

Nearly one year ago, we asked on our blog if Doug Ford would fix the Missing Middle conundrum and address housing affordability. Following the release of Bill 108, we now…

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May 13, 2019
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Net-Zero House Tackles Affordability and Sustainability: Cheryl Atkinson

By Ryerson CBI | Housing, RU City Builders

Wouldn’t you love to know your house was not only beautiful but designed to sequester carbon, reduce harmful emissions and promote neighbourhood liveability? Architect and Ryerson professor Cheryl Atkinson has…

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May 9, 2019
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Digging into the History of Housing Affordability: John van Nostrand

By Ryerson CBI | Housing, Profiles

John van Nostrand, Founding Principal of SvN, was a presenter in our event this week, Innovations in Housing Affordability. A planner, architect and developer of many decades, he is highly…

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March 11, 2019
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Seniors Co-Housing: Inspiring Examples

By Ryerson CBI | Housing

Further to our recent report Re-thinking the Tower on practical innovations towards housing affordability in Toronto, today we’re focusing on another big housing idea: seniors co-housing. In 2016, for the first…

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February 14, 2019
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Rethinking our Way to Home Affordability

By Ryerson CBI | Housing, Urban Development

The City of Toronto is moving forward with its Housing Now program to build more affordable community housing. This plan seeks to deliver much-needed below-market housing, but it is unlikely…

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