Taking Back our Housing offers a series of four concrete proposals for how municipal expropriation powers could be used in ways that could significantly increase the supply of affordable and not-for-profit housing in the City of Toronto. Expropriation is a tool routinely used by the city of Toronto to develop infrastructure such as highways, public transportation, and utilities. However, these powers are only rarely used to address the need for affordable housing.
♦ September 18, 2020