More condos, but for who? - with Cheryll Case
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Heading into downtown Toronto you see a forest of cranes and partly built condo towers. These buildings are providing new, much-needed housing… for a certain type of resident. They’re mostly small, with good amenities and high fees. So where will all the families live? Where do our low and fixed income neighbours move to? Cheryll Case is an urban planner who puts affordable housing and inclusion at the heart of her strategy, through her non-profit firm CP Planning. She’s on the show to help us understand how we in the construction industry can help people like her plan for more affordability and equity in housing.
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