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A city program that provides grants for eligible residents who are behind on their rental payments is getting a 30 per cent increase, allocating a total of $10.8 million from the c…
Rosanna Araujo couldn’t have anticipated the jump in food users she’d start seeing over the summer months of 2025. Suddenly, the biweekly food bank she runs out of Jane and Wilson,…
As Toronto’s housing crisis deepens, the city wants to preserve what little affordable housing supply is left. A new regulation, effective July 31, The Rental Renovation License By…
Friday, July 26. For today’s episode The Final Word’s reporter Lamar McIntosh speaks to Arinola Olowoporoku, an arts and cultural producer for the Harbourfront Centre, about the 26…
On the November 8 episode of The Final Word, Silas Le Blanc talks about the new proposed housing bill that aims to create more dense housing in Ontario. With Toronto needing to bui…
Last month, the City of Toronto bylaw on garden suites came into effect. On The Final Word from August 5, Abby Hughes hears from the Executive Director of Toronto City Planning and…
On the July 8 episode of The Final Word, Abby Hughes dives into a new report by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation that says Canada will need to build an extra 3.5 milli…
Ontario’s housing market has seen skyrocketing rent prices, lowering the margins of those who can afford a place to stay. The situation is most prominent in major metropolitans, li…
As the province remains in a state of emergency, CJRU speaks with Dr. Tom Griffin about what tourism could look like once the stay-at-home order is lifted. Griffin is an assistant…
The Urban Alliance on Race Relations (UARR) is a non-profit organization offering educational programs and research that are critical in addressing racism in society. Their work re…
Supporting Our Unhoused Neighbours is a recently-launched fundraising campaign by social venture Building Roots and the volunteers of Encampment Support Network (ESN). CJRU spoke w…
For the past 14 weeks, Encampment Support Network (ESN) has been delivering water, tents, hot meals and much more to the people living in encampments throughout Toronto. ESN is an…
