This timeline provides an overview of some of the key housing issues faced by communities across Ontario and how governments have responded to these issues over the past 50 years, including a detailed look at how the pandemic has exacerbated existing issues. It shows that, as investments in affordable housing have dwindled, housing insecurity has grown – especially among the most vulnerable communities.
Small buildings won't solve the housing crisis. Canada's cities need to go big - The Globe and Mail
National Bank of Canada housing affordability report for Toronto
How to build 3.5M affordable homes in 10 years: ideas to address Canada's housing shortage from Europe
Fifty years in the making of Ontario's housing crisis – a timeline - Canadian Centre for Housing Rights
Timeline of key milestones in Ontario's COVID-19 response.
Canada Didn't Have A Real Estate Supply Shortage, But Its Gov May Create One: BMO - Better Dwelling
More Homes, More Choice: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan
Toronto's 1950s emergency housing: An informative, comprehensive overview by Kevin Brushett (2007) - Preserved Stories
Abandoned luxury housing development, Shenyang, China : r/Damnthatsinteresting