Housing is increasingly unattainable in successful global cities, and Toronto is no exception - in part because of zoning that protects stable residential neighbourhoods with high property values. House Divided is a citizen's guide for changing the way housing can work in big cities. Using Toronto as a case study, this anthology unpacks the affordability crisis and offers innovative ideas for creating housing for all ages and demographic groups.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257)
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2019.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 363.509713/54
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-on
- ISBN
- 1552453863 9781770565944
- LCCN
- HD7305.T67
- LCCN Item number
- H68 2019eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (267 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00239941 (OCoLC)1110674171 (CaOOCEL)480052
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- YDX
Table of Contents
- Foreword 9
- Introduction 12
- A Yellowbelt Index 29
- The Spadina Gardens 33
- The Genesis of the Yellowbelt 42
- The Lesson of Garden Court 49
- The War of the Rosedales 54
- One Neighbourhood Shifts 62
- Why Density Makes Great Places 68
- The Urban Legend 74
- Our Own Front Door 83
- A City of Houses 91
- The Mid-Rises of Metropolitan Toronto 100
- 0ld city of toronto 101
- Torontos Residential Zones 107
- Supply Demand and Demographics 109
- Defining Affordable 114
- The Four Catch-22s of Housing Insecurity for Low-Income Torontonians 119
- Two Million Empty Bedrooms 122
- Why the Middle Is Missing 127
- Dissecting Official Plan Amendment 320 131
- Inside and Outside 142
- Radical Typologies 157
- A Womans Right to Housing 167
- The Lessons of a Multi-Generational 905 Home 174
- The Affordability Case for Transition Zones 184
- The High Cost of Building a Box 189
- Sheppard Avenue and the Red Ribbon Problem 193
- Context with a Twist 199
- Extra Special Housing 202
- Vertical Subdivisions 207
- A New Approach to Developing Homeless Shelters 218
- Conclusion 229
- Appendix 1 235
- Appendix 2 243
- The Contributors 259
- The Editors 266
- Acknowledgments 271
