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A row of white two-storey homes sits across from a couple standalone homes.

It should be easier to invest savings in community projects

People with their backs to the camera have their hands raised in a stock-photo meeting.

New housing co-ops need stronger democratic safeguards

A bridge is in the foreground and a small passenger plane in the background amid an orange haze.

Canada’s buildings can do more than consume electricity

People rush past a man sitting on the street wrapped in a blanket.

Canada can choose to prevent youth homelessness. The U.K. shows the way

Construction workers Alt text: Single worker stands on a partially framed house.

Skilled-trades training needs a rethink

A sun sets behind the frame of a new home construction.

Ontario’s new law should make planning faster — not move the work elsewhere

A tent, trash, and personal belongings at a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street in East Montreal.

Cities are managing the visible signs of social failure with homelessness

Electric-trolley wires connect overhead as a dozen people cross the street.

Canada has three immigration realities, not one

Trudeau enters a room in a daycare, with Furey behind him, passing through the doorway. The walls are bright orange and covered with stickers depicting pastel-coloured balloons and ice-cream cones with the dates of birthdays of the children written on the scoops of ice cream. Letters on the wall spell out “birthdays are sweet.” Other papers taped to the wall show the alphabet and numbers. Low shelves hold markers, crayons and other drawing supplies. The two men are smiling, and both wear dark pants, a white shirt and red ties.

Let’s make a deal: The Trudeau government’s social policy leadership

Racial disparities are barriers to progress that can’t be ignored

Harnessing growth to create positive neighbourhood change

CMHC is supportive of renovations, but our tax laws are not

Community self-determination can address the Northern housing crisis

Hitting the reset button on the national housing strategy

Ontario’s growth targets won’t solve the province’s housing crisis

Heritage properties need not be sacrificed for housing growth

Home decarbonization requires tailored policies

A cafeteria worker hands a plate with tomatoes, a piece of orange, and a sandwich to a child.

A national school food policy is no substitute for reducing food insecurity

Brownfield redevelopment is a better alternative than urban sprawl

Harm-reduction policy is necessary to save lives in opioid crisis

View from a high-rise showing snow-covered roofs of homes and shops on a few blocks of downtown streets, with street lights glowing with the backdrop of a flat grey sky at dusk.

Has immigration become a third rail in Canadian politics?

Climate resilience will need a federal, enforceable framework

Improving access to job placement programs for youth in Toronto shelters

A village of low-rise apartment buildings and a few shops sit between forest and the waterfront.

The need for Indigenous-led housing

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