A nod to @kingofva.bsky.social and folks at @uoftcities.bsky.social for this years MUCP Student Showcase
Putting my bias hat on for the amazing students behind @housingnowto.bsky.social’s ‘Unlocking The Potential of Green-P Parking Lots for Affordable Housing’
#HousingNowTO
Congrats to @housingnowto.bsky.social’s Mark Richardson
h/t @utoronto.ca @uoftcities.bsky.social #HousingNowTO
Thx so much for sharing this @anniepanda.bsky.social
Very timely. Adding @mayoroliviachow.ca @moreneighboursto.bsky.social @canurb.bsky.social @planningtoronto.bsky.social @tngcommunityto.bsky.social @torontopublicspace.bsky.social @uoftcities.bsky.social to help #Amplify
#HousingNowTO
[Manchester, UK 🇬🇧] No #HousingNowTO visit to a City is really completed, until we visit a “Parking-Lot in a Transit-Oriented neighbourhood that is being CLOSED”, removed and replaced w/ new Housing..!
This one is part of the SISTER redevelopment lands.
sistermanchester.com
TCAT - The Centre for Active Transportation Register now for this Mobilizing Justice Community of Practice session on housing and transportation: https://Inkd.in/eZTkaass Join TCAT and speakers Lanrick Jr Bennett (Urbanist-in-Residence at the School of Cities), Cheryll Case (Founder and Executive Director of CP Planning), and Chris Higgins (Assistant Professor of Human Geography and the University of Toronto Scarborough) for the second Mobilizing Justice Community of Practice session of 2025! Happening online Thursday, 26 June at 12:00 Eastern. In this session, we'll be exploring how a dual approach to transportation planning and housing development improves equity in our cities. As part of this discussion, the panelists will be touching on subjects including transit-induced gentrification, affordable housing policy, and evidence-based decision making in an increasingly "vibes-based" planning environment. MOBILIZING JUSTICE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WEBINAR Topic: An Integrated Approach to Housing and Transportation Join TCAT and speakers Lanrick Bennett jr. (School of Cities), Cheryl Case (CP Planning). and Chris Higgins (University of Toronto Scarborough) for a discussion on topics including transit-induced gentrification, affordable housing policy, evidence-based decision making in an increasingly "vibes-based" planning environment, and more. THURSDAY, 26 JUNE
This Thursday, June 26th, I’ll be joining TCAT for their Mobilizing Justice Community of Practice session on housing and transportation at 12pm Eastern.
You can still register at lnkd.in/eZTkaass
h/t @uoftcities.bsky.social @housingnowto.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social
#BikeTO #HousingNowTO
Register now for this Mobilizing Justice Community of Practice session on housing and transportation: https://lnkd.in/eZTkaass Join TCAT and speakers Lanrick Jr Bennett (Urbanist-in-Residence at the School of Cities), Cheryll Case (Founder and Executive Director of CP Planning), and Chris Higgins (Assistant Professor of Human Geography and the University of Toronto Scarborough) for the second Mobilizing Justice Community of Practice session of 2025! Happening online Thursday, 26 June at 12:00 Eastern. In this session, we'll be exploring how a dual approach to transportation planning and housing development improves equity in our cities. As part of this discussion, the panelists will be touching on subjects including transit-induced gentrification, affordable housing policy, and evidence-based decision making in an increasingly “vibes-based” planning environment.
Look forward to joining TCAT for their Mobilizing Justice Community of Practice session on housing and transportation on Thursday, 26 June at 12:00 Eastern.
Register now at lnkd.in/eZTkaass
h/t @uoftcities.bsky.social @housingnowto.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social #BikeTO #HousingNowTO
#30DaysOfBiking
#HousingNowTO
h/t @ternbicycles.com
#HousingNowTO
We had a great evening connecting #AffordableHousing experts w/ our Students from @torontomet.bsky.social & @uoftcities.bsky.social on how to FIX the #RentalHousing gap(s) in #TOPoli…
[Scarborough, ON] Volunteers from #HousingNowTO
& @moreneighboursto.bsky.social attended last-night's in-person #CityPlanTO public-meeting at Birchmount Park Community Centre, with local residents - and Councillor
#ParthiKandavel
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We spoke in Conditional-Support of this 11-Storey proposal...
2/ Our #HousingNowTO volunteers in Toronto have spent the last few week's assisting new Federal Housing Minister
@beynate.bsky.social & his transition-team at Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada with amazing logistical support from @uoft.bsky.social School of Cities.!
[Toronto, ON] "Can the City of Toronto depend on those (Federal Housing) programs to still exist in 2025, & if not - then your 'Public Builder' model might not be supported by the other levels of gov't. What's Plan-B?" -
#HousingNowTO on #AffordableHousing delivery.
globalnews.ca/video/embed/...
2/ “...by making project data transparent and readily available,
#HousingNowTO has empowered Toronto’s residents to better understand how public land is being utilized to address #AffordableHousing shortages via #CivicTech and #OpenData..."
🌐💾📲🏗️🏙️
x.com/SmartCityexp... - Oct 28
Map of my bike route to Downsview via #BikeTO
Image of Mark and I outside of a multi-coloured building
Images of the backs of some HousingNowTO students text “People Community Opportunity” and “Future Resident Association”
Visual display of the Downsview site
Spent time with @housingnowto.bsky.social and our @uoft.bsky.social School of Cities’ Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project (MUCP) students this morning to meet with folks from #CanadaLandsCompany & #NorthcrestDev
#YZD
#HousingNowTO
#XOXODownsview
Image of myself in HousingNowTO blue shirt
RAMPING UP HOUSING DELIVERY IN CANADA: A Conversation with the Hon Sean Fraser, Federal Minister Housing, Infrastructure & Communities FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Image of Jennifer Keesmaat and Hon Sean Fraser
Dual role early this morning with #HousingNowTO and #BicycleMayorTO
Happy to be speaking with housing and mobility advocate at #HousingwithFraser
RAMPING UP HOUSING DELIVERY IN CANADA: A Conversation with the Hon Sean Fraser, Federal Minister Housing, Infrastructure & Communities