Evidence indicates that new immigrant groups, particularly visible minorities, face major barriers in the rental housing market and tend to show high levels of segregation or clustering in low-inco
While human rights legislation frequently defines acceptable and unacceptable areas of questioning for employment application forms and interviews, there is no similar clarification for r
CERA is an Ontario-based, non-profit organization established in 1987. Its role is to promote human rights in housing and remove the barriers that keep disadvantaged pe
A now common business practice among many landlords and rental property management firms is the use of minimum income qualifications as a means of attempting to assess the ability of a household to
“The moderation in activity and price increases that we have seen in recent months is both expected and welcome,” Kennedy told an investment industry conference in Banff, Alberta.
Human rights legislation is not explicit about what policies or practices constitute illegal discrimination. As a result, it is often difficult to determine whether a rule or practice is
In 1998, the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee (TDRC) issued the State of Emergency Declaration, declaring homelessness a National Disaster. The Declaration sparked a national campaign calling for
Housing activists in Toronto are pushing for the city to adopt a bylaw aimed at turning abandoned buildings into affordable housing. The group wants a \"use it or lose it\" bylaw that would ma
The settlement patterns of new immigrants have also changed. For example, business immigrants from Asian countries have been settling in the suburbs in relatively high-priced, single detached dwell
