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BASIC TRAINING

Now that you’ve accepted the mission and become an Agent of Change for housing affordability in the GTHA, it’s time for you to get some training. Answer the questions below to get up to speed.

WRITE A FIELD REPORT

Complete a short survey to share your insights on the housing crisis.

Your input will directly inform our work with municipalities, employers, developers, and community organizations across the GTHA. 

Help transform how we think about, plan for, and deliver housing that works for our workforce and builds a stronger, more affordable region for all.

TAKE OUR SURVEY

housing affordability 101

Download a brief overview of the impacts of housing affordability on workers across the GTHA and learn how you can help.

ISSUE RESEARCH

Download recent reports on the housing crisis in Canada and the GTHA.

BCG CivicAction Report

Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Housing Crisis: Hidden Costs, Bold Solutions

Workforce Housing Reports from TRBOT and WoodGreen

Workforce Housing

Part 1 Defining the Problem

Workforce Housing

Part 2 Modeling Solutions

Workforce Housing

Part 3 The Cost of Inaction

OTHER REPORTS

Other Reports

School of Cities Explaining Ontarios Housing Crisis

Other Reports

United Way Bringing Affordable Housing Home Action Plan

Other Reports

Taking Action Together - Five Ways to Make Homes Affordable in Ontario

Other Reports

The Great Rebuild: Seven Ways to fix Canada's Housing Shortage | RBC

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Additional Resources

Abacus Housing Data

Additional Resources

School of Cities Policy Briefs

Additional Resources

HART: Key facts and easily accessible data visualizations

Additional Resources

Andrew Boozary’s (Collaborative member) interview “homeless epidemic is a health crisis”

Land Acknowledgement Statement

CivicAction acknowledges that the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area is situated upon traditional and current Indigenous territories that include the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabeg, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. We believe in the spirit of the “Dish with one spoon” concept – that land can be shared to the mutual benefit of all its inhabitants.

Today, the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area is still home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island (North America) and we recognize the historical oppression and inequalities that they continue to face.

We also recognize the non-settlers and the dis-planted, such as people of African descent who were brought here forcibly and enslaved and who continue to face oppression and inequality on land that is not their own.

Depending on our ancestry, we each have different relationships to the land on which we live. In our role as a civic convener, and in the spirit of reconciliation, CivicAction is committed to rebuilding and renewing respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, we support Indigenous sovereignty and we support the recommendations of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

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