{"id":15227,"date":"2023-04-09T17:51:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T00:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-april-5-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-04-09T17:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T00:51:30","slug":"news-roundup-april-5-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-april-5-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup April 5, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p>Office space in Toronto hits vacancy rate of 15%, the highest mark this City has seen in almost 30 years, but the peak could still be years away; City council puts the pressure on Canada&#8217;s telecom companies to provide cell service on the TTC to improve safety for passengers; Ontario&#8217;s Housing Minister points to possibility of delays in the Province&#8217;s plan to build 1.5 million homes by 2031, citing inflation and interest rates as factors; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/04\/05\/flight-from-downtown-toronto-office-vacancy-rate-highest-in-nearly-30-years-and-its-worse-in-the-suburbs.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto\u2019s office vacancy rate is now higher than it\u2019s been for nearly 30 years \u2014 and peak vacancy could be years away<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ttc-cell-service-subways-crtc-1.6801684\" target=\"_blank\">Experts call on CRTC to force big telcos to provide cell service on TTC amid spate of violence<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9601277\/ontario-softens-1-5-million-homes-pledge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario housing minister admits parts of 1.5 million homes pledge \u2018out of my control\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2023\/04\/05\/ford-government-to-tackle-renovictions-and-beef-up-landlord-and-tenant-board.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ford government to tackle \u2018renovictions\u2019 and beef up Landlord and Tenant Board<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-home-sales-1.6802017\" target=\"_blank\">Buyers return to Toronto housing market as prices climb after sluggish period: TRREB<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/toronto\/article-market-tightens-for-toronto-condos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Market tightens for Toronto condos<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2023\/04\/05\/fix-it-up-or-tear-it-down-but-lets-take-action-on-24-sussex.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fix it up or tear it down but let\u2019s take action on 24 Sussex<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/ontarians-feel-doug-ford-is-doing-a-poor-job-on-health-care-and-housing-survey-suggests-1.6343115\" target=\"_blank\">Ontarians feel Doug Ford is doing a poor job on health care and housing, survey suggests<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/brad-bradford-ttc-safety-plan-toronto-mayoral-candidate-1.6801529\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford calls for subway platform doors as part of TTC safety plan<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/04\/05\/there-is-no-overnight-fix-new-york-relied-on-police-to-stop-transit-violence-should-toronto.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018There is no overnight fix\u2019: New York relied on police to stop transit violence. Should Toronto?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9601779\/canada-housing-affordability-2023-given-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Majority of Canadians who don\u2019t own a home have \u2018given up\u2019: poll<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/toronto\/article-a-home-that-pulls-the-outside-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">A home that pulls the outside in<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2023\/04\/news-roundup-april-5-2023.51966\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Office space in Toronto hits vacancy rate of 15%, the highest mark this City has seen in almost 30 years, &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup April 5, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-april-5-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup April 5, 2023\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1088],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-toronto","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}