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Ontario’s housing crisis has been decades in the making. But now we have an opportunity to change course and invest in a better future.
Built for Good: Delivering the Housing Ontario Needs lays out a costed, delivery-ready plan to solve a critical part of the housing crisis. We can build, protect and sustain the affordable housing people need — by investing in the non-profit and co-op housing sector.
There’s a disconnect between the housing we have and the housing we need, which is the housing most Ontarians can actually afford. We’ve seen housing costs rising faster than income growth, net loss of affordable homes and last year, more than 80,000 people experiencing homelessness across the province.
We’re already spending billions on emergency fixes — shelters, ER visits and crisis response — that only deal with the symptoms, not the source of the problem. And we know that we are not closing the gap on Ontario’s 1.5 million homes target by depending on market solutions and private developers alone.
Built for Good identifies the housing required to transform Ontario’s housing system so that it works for everyone and creates a future without core housing need. In addition to ten-year targets, the report models two- and five-year milestones and investment estimates that reflect both the scale of the challenge and the practical realities of delivery.
It’s time to scale up non-profit and co-op housing and work with providers whose mission is affordability. It’s time to move from crisis spending to long-term impact, from a patchwork of good intentions to the homes and communities we all need.
Built for Good shows that a different way is not only possible but essential for Ontario’s prosperity and a strong collective future.
Here’s how:
A tangible shift towards non-profit and co-op housing:
We must move beyond ineffective reliance on market forces and strategically invest in deeply affordable non-profit, co-op and other affordable housing solutions.
Scaling non-profit and co-op capacity:
We can only achieve our targets if the right investments and actions are made to enable and scale the non-profit and co-op housing sector.
Government Leadership, Coordination and Accountability:
We need clear leadership and accountability paired with structured coordination and resourcing across and within governments.
Built for Good: Delivering the Housing Ontario Needs
Learn more about how investment in the non-profit and co-op housing sector can deliver the housing Ontario needs.
Built for Good GTA Spotlight
Making up over a third of Ontario’s population, Peel, Toronto and York Region represent some of the province’s fastest-growing areas of economic opportunity. These regions continue to attract residents from across Canada and around the world, drawn by vibrant communities, diverse labour markets and expanding infrastructure. Yet, like the rest of Ontario, the GTA is grappling with severe housing affordability challenges.
The GTA Spotlight is a companion piece to the province-wide report and shines a spotlight on Peel, Toronto and York Region. To be read alongside the full report, and building on the vision set out for Ontario, the GTA Spotlight breaks down the targets, milestones and costs identified in Built for Good for the GTA context.
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