Victoria Gibson

Across Canada, more than 600,000 kids are growing up in homes that are significantly broken, overcrowded or unaffordable. What happens when they're forced out? This is, “The Kids Aren’t All Alright,” a series on how Canada is failing a generation. trib.al/4eD1ozv

Amid ‘steady’ progress, 34 Toronto Community Housing complexes remain in critical disrepair -- great reporting from @_VictoriaGibson thestar.com/news/gta/2023/… via @torontostar

Homeless encampments growing in Toronto: The number of tents and structures across the city has doubled since last year, as shelter closures loom and funding for some housing subsidies has dried up, by @_VictoriaGibson thestar.com/news/gta/2023/… via @torontostar #homelessness

“Housing Now” or “Housing Never”? City council’s program to jumpstart affordable home construction is a mayoral election hot potato. Star’s @_VictoriaGibson reveals reasons the plan has yet to see one home built thestar.com/news/gta/2023/… via @torontostar

The tower at 69 Yonge was once the gleaming headquarters of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Now it’s at the centre of reimagining of downtown Toronto space. trib.al/u7IQsMu

#Breaking: Toronto council declares homelessness an emergency trib.al/2Mww7bS

On Wednesday, Toronto council voted 18-7 to approve multiplex housing citywide — meaning duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes can be built throughout large swaths of the city. trib.al/dRDc6GS

The greying of Toronto Islands: The curious case of one of the city’s most coveted communities thestar.com/news/gta/2023/… via @torontostar @maywarren11 @_VictoriaGibson

@carastern @CTulk Thanks Cara! The design was by the terrific @NathanPilla. Appreciate the kind words.

Amazing work @_VictoriaGibson and @CTulk. This is the kind of article I’ll be saving to explain the issue to people for a long time.

Amazing visuals in this ⁦@TorontoStar⁩ article on the history of Toronto’s very inequitable skyline, with clusters of high-rises in seas of protected single family homes. thestar.com/2023/toronto-h…

For decades, Toronto has protected huge parts of the city from anything denser than detached or semi-detached houses 🏠 How Toronto became an uneven city, and the looming fight to change the rules. This is #ZonedOut by @_VictoriaGibson & Nathan Pilla thestar.com/2023/toronto-h…

"He played 16 years of professional hockey. He's never faced anything like this. But you could tell he did know ups and downs and sadness. That's what he handled so well." I profiled Scott Barney, head coach of the Humboldt Broncos:

This great read from ⁦@_VictoriaGibson⁩ and ⁦⁦@NathanPilla⁩ really shows the density divide in the city. thestar.com/2023/toronto-h…

New from me and @nathanpilla: A story about Toronto's uneven growth, from a bird's eye view. @TorontoStar thestar.com/2023/toronto-h…

Toronto has approved more than 19,700 affordable rentals over the last six-plus years, but only about eight per cent — or 1,617 units — have actually been finished, a new database shows. trib.al/6natPL6

At Toronto psychiatric facility CAMH, hospital stays can last for years due to a lack of housing, by @_VictoriaGibson thestar.com/news/gta/2023/… via @torontostar #MentalHealth

Charles Parris was a beloved neighbour in his building, but died with no one to bury him. His case highlights a burgeoning problem, as an increasing number of people in Toronto are dying without anyone able or willing to put them to rest. trib.al/mKl7DIC

Why a sought-after subsidized apartment sat frozen in time for nearly a year trib.al/QQdMdSQ

After spending millions to maintain an empty housing complex, TCHC now wants to tear it down trib.al/jX0lljn

For the last couple of months, I’ve hung out with Russell to try and understand how he came to live in the woods of Toronto — and why he decided to stay so long. Here’s a Sunday read, and my latest for @TorontoStar thestar.com/news/gta/2023/…

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