Centre for Urban Research & Land Development (CUR)

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The @TorontoStar asks for David Amborski's, CUR Director, expert opinion on Toronto mayoral candidates' housing promises. thestar.com/news/gta/2023/…

CUR's new report examines whether there is enough supply of shovel-ready land to meet the Ontario Government's target of building 1.5 million housing units by 2031 Read the report here: torontomu.ca/content/dam/ce…

TRREB's Jason Mercer interviews Frank Clayton, CUR Senior Research Fellow, about where record levels of new immigrants will live and what it means for the cost of home ownership and rental units in an already tight market. @TheReal_TRREB #CanadianHousing open.spotify.com/episode/2KSazJ…

@TheReal_TRREB 's Jason Mercer interviews Frank Clayton, CUR Senior Research Fellow, about where record-Levels of new Immigrants live and what will it mean for the cost of home ownership and rental units in an already tight market. open.spotify.com/episode/2KSazJ…

@TheReal_TRREB's Jason Mercer interviews Frank Clayton, CUR Senior Research Fellow, about where record-Levels of new Immigrants live and what will it mean for the cost of home ownership and rental units in an already tight market. open.spotify.com/episode/2KSazJ…

@TheReal_TRREB's Jason Mercer interviews Frank Clayton, CUR Senior Research Fellow, about where record levels of new immigrants live and what will it mean for the cost of home ownership and rental units in an already tight market. open.spotify.com/episode/2KSazJ…

"There are different ways people have been able to manage, some people have, but it's not as much the norm as the exception" @BNNBloomberg quotes David Amborski, CUR director, regarding home affordability in Toronto. bnnbloomberg.ca/will-homes-eve…

The dispersal of residents living in the Greater Toronto Area continued to increase in 2022 as they search for the type and price of housing they want elsewhere. @TMU_CUR latest blog: torontomu.ca/centre-urban-r…

New report from @TMU_CUR recommends policy directions to assist those in greatest housing need in the GTA.

"Too much government funding that gets poured into Toronto area housing is assisting middle-income residents at the expense of the lowest-income households, who are in far greater need, says a new report from @TMU_CUR" @TessKalinowski thestar.com/news/gta/2023/…

"Demand is going to be very strong, just because of basic demographic and economic forces," says Frank Clayton of @TMU_CUR. He discusses the #cottage market, affordability and millennials' impact. bit.ly/3Ze9CJE

The housing affordability crisis is affecting lower-income households the most. A newly updated report by the Centre for Urban Research and Land Development (@TMU_CUR) at @torontomet explores how current policies and initiatives are missing the mark. torontomu.ca/news-events/ne…

.@TMU_CUR's report looks at the 2021 Census number of GTA households in Core Housing Need. As the affordability crisis exceedingly impacts lower-income households, we argue subsidies should be targeted at lower-income rather than middle-income households. torontomu.ca/content/dam/ce…

Using Census of Canada 2021 data, @TMU_CUR compared growth for municipalities and census metropolitan areas in the GGH for 2022 and 2019, the last year before the pandemic. We found that population growth centred on the City of Toronto & Waterloo Region. torontomu.ca/content/ryerso…

Our Halton Region case studies show lengthy timelines to transform greenfield lands into housing-ready land - 12 & 18 years respectively. We recommend municipalities reduce this to a max. of 5 years and collect better timeline data on the planning process. torontomu.ca/content/dam/ce…

Missing middle starts are a small share of GGH apartment starts & declined from 2016 to 2022: averaging 5% (3 or fewer storeys), or 14% (6 or fewer storeys) of apartment starts. Only 6% of Toronto's apartment starts were in buildings of 6 storeys or less. torontomu.ca/centre-urban-r…

.@TMU_CUR urges the Province of Ontario to implement an annual employment survey of the GGH to be undertaken in coordination with all GGH municipalities to complement the annual population estimates prepared by Statistics Canada. Our report: torontomu.ca/content/dam/ce…

#Housing issues are a focus in the upcoming #Ontario municipal elections. @fcstorontomet Prof. David Amborski, director of @TMU_CUR, emphasizes the need for market, rental and affordable housing. Read more: bit.ly/3UZ3WBP @TMUsurp

Ontario’s Growth Plan is reducing housing affordability – by Frank Clayton, Senior Research Fellow @TMU_CUR @TorontoMet Metropolitan University via @ building.ca/feature/ontari… #affordabilitycrisis #homebuilding #housingsupply #housingaffordability #housingcrisis #missingmiddle

The Ontario Growth Plan is reducing #housing affordability, especially across #Toronto and Southern Ontario, writes @TMU_CUR’s senior research fellow Frank Clayton for @ConversationCA. Learn more: torontomuresearch.com/ontarios-growt… @fcstorontomet @TMUsurp