South Eglinton Davisville Residents' Association
Eglinton – Merton – Bayview – Yonge
By Jeff Latto, Chair of SEDRA’s Tall/Mid-Rise Working Group This is a question worth asking ourselves from time to time. It’s a question worth asking a lot these days as we see the City’s Official Plan challenged and sometimes even abandoned in favour of allowing market forces to determine what the city will look like. … Read more
This review provides our analysis and recommendations regarding the current revised application for the development of Canada Square as submitted in December 2022.
The Midtown Working Group believed that Canada Square can still fill the role of becoming our “New Town Centre” if the following eight conditions are achieved.
On October 25, 2022 Premier Doug Ford said that ‘Everyone’s dream is to have a little white picket fence.’ Premier Ford then announced the details of the Bill 23 legislation to the assembled audience at the Toronto Board of Trade. The Federation of North Toronto Residents’ Association (FoNTRA) did not attend the event but since … Read more
On October 25, 2022 Premier Doug Ford said that ‘Everyone’s dream is to have a little white picket fence.’ Meanwhile his government proposed Bill 23 that does nothing to provide for affordable housing and fails to build liveable communities. Bill 23 is a complex piece of omnibus legislation that, if passed, will make a multitude … Read more
On Tuesday May 10, 2022, from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M., the City of Toronto will be holding a virtual meeting to discuss a Zoning By-law Amendment and Rental Housing Demolition Application for 45, 57-93 Balliol St. Toronto City Planning has submitted their Preliminary Report January 25, 2022, to Toronto and East York Community Council. Summary … Read more
City Planning to host a Public Meeting on April 13th to discuss proposed new zoning rules for Multiplex dwellings in our neighbourhoods. You may have heard that Toronto City Council is planning to increase housing options and density in all Toronto’s neighbourhoods (EHON). To do this, the City is planning to change existing neighbourhood policies … Read more
Neighbourhood groups object to Toronto’s one-size-fits-all approach to allowing green suites. The Toronto Star reports that an alliance of seven residents associations in Toronto is appealing a new bylaw that would allow backyard homes to be built on residential properties – move affordable housing advocates with delay the creation of needed housing. Christine Mercado, a … Read more
The Ontario government recently released the Housing Affordability Task Force report that makes 55 recommendations aimed at reining in home prices by dramatically boosting the supply of housing. The report was released publicly on February 8, 2022, less than two months after Ford and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark appointed the task … Read more
FoNTRA recently wrote a letter to the Chair of the Planning & Housing Committee expressing concerns about the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods program. In the Letter, FoNTRA supports the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) program in principle. However, neighbourhoods across the City have different characteristics that must be taken into consideration in expanding building … Read more