Social Planning Toronto
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ICYMI: Our own Beth Wilson tells a story of Toronto's #rentalhousingcrisis, one of human rights & racial justice denied, public health jeopardized & lives under threat. https://twitter.com/bethwilson4/status/1328783826995146752 Dive deeper: Read "Spaces and Places of Exclusion: Mapping Rental Housing Disparities for Toronto's Racialized Immigrant Communities," co-authored with Naomil Lightman (University of Calgary) and Luann Good Gingrich (York University) https://bit.ly/3fcSs9k #TOpoli

Join us on Tuesday, Nov. 24 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. for a Live Q&A on our new housing research with York University. "Spaces and Places of Exclusion: Mapping Rental Housing Disparities for Toronto’s Racialized and Immigrant Communities" reveals how racialized individuals, specific racialized groups, newcomers, and refugees are hardest hit by Toronto's rental housing crisis. The research team, Amanuel Melle (Executive Director of the Network for the Advancement of Black Communit...ies), and Omar Khan (an organizer and advocate working with newcomer and refugee communities) will discuss the research and implications for policy. This Q&A is part of Future Cities Canada’s #UnexpectedSolutions conference. It's free, but registration is required. FYI, the session will be recorded and available on the conference website. Register: https://unexpectedsolutions.futurecitiescanada.ca/

Pleased that our new housing research with York Universityrevealing how racialized individuals, specific racialized groups, newcomers, and refugees are hardest hit by Toronto's rental housing crisishas been included in the pre-reading list for this working session on refugee housing challenges and how technology could help! Find "Spaces and Places of Exclusion: Mapping Rental Housing Disparities for Toronto’s Racialized and Immigrant Communities" at http://socialplanningtoronto.org/exclusion

Even if you take away immigration status as a factor, there is still a racialized gap. You cannot blame it on the fact they are born outside of Canada, to explain away the racial inequality that exists in Canada. Read the report: socialplanningtoronto.org/exclusion #topoli

As we approach National Housing Day, it's important to remind ourselves that Toronto’s housing crisis is a story of social exclusion by space, place, and race. ...New research by Social Planning Toronto reveals rates of unsuitable or overcrowded housing for newcomers, long-term immigrants, and non-immigrants in tenant households show deep social and spatial inequities. Star exclusive: https://bit.ly/32O7Zaw Report: socialplanningtoronto.org/exclusion #topoli

New research from our own Beth Wilson, U of C’s Naomi Lightman, and York’s Luann Good Gingrich. This visual portrait of Toronto’s rental housing crisis uses census data to reveal how racialized individuals, specific racialized groups, newcomers, & refugees are disproportionately affected. Star exclusive: https://bit.ly/32O7Zaw Report: socialplanningtoronto.org/exclusion #topoli

Tomorrow, we’re releasing new research that reveals how racialized individuals, specific racialized groups, newcomers, and refugees are disproportionately affected by Toronto’s #rentalhousingcrisis. Available at www.socialplanningtoronto.org/exclusion tomorrow at 11am! #topoli