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housing affordability 101

When We Leave invites viewers to envision and reflect on how housing unaffordability erodes the foundations of our region’s livability... and what we can do to turn it around together.

An urgent call to action, When We Leave explores the connections between our collective well-being and the middle-income workers who make life possible in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Region (GTHA).

It asks you to consider what stands to be lost when those workers can no longer afford to stay. It asks you to join the mission to create a GTHA where we can all afford to live where we work and work where we live.

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.

CivicAction Report

THE ACTION PLAN: Workforce Housing Affordability Playbook

CivicAction Report

THE WHAT: PARTNERSHIPS THAT DELIVER AFFORDABILITY

CivicAction Report

THE MATH: CRACKING THE CODE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR WORKERS

CivicAction Report

The Why: The Human Story of Workforce Housing

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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