{"id":17691,"date":"2023-05-31T08:01:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T15:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-31-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T08:01:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T15:01:12","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-31-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-31-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 31, 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>As Toronto struggles to keep pace in the delivery of new housing, and particularly rental housing, Airbnbs are reportedly taking up a large share of the supply, with 16,000 listings available; originally planned for January 2025, the breakup of the Peel Region could be fast tracked by the Ontario Government to occur as early as next year; after vocal response from Ontario farmers, the Ford government is reversing its course on a plan that would sever farmland lots for housing development; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/opinion\/2023\/05\/31\/why-you-cant-find-an-apartment-in-toronto-the-city-added-15000-units-in-2022-airbnb-lists-16000-units-for-rent.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why you can\u2019t find an apartment in Toronto: The city added 15,000 units in 2022 \u2014 but Airbnb now lists 16,000<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/ontario-government-to-fast-track-bill-separating-mississauga-brampton-and-caledon-1.6419085\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario government to fast track bill separating Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ontario-government-abandons-proposal-to-sever-farmland-lots-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario government abandons proposal to sever farmland lots in response to opposition<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/31\/five-things-to-watch-for-in-tonights-mayoral-byelection-debate.html\" target=\"_blank\">Five things to watch for in tonight\u2019s mayoral byelection debate<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/climate\/canada-wildfire-data-change-1.6854186\" target=\"_blank\">How wildfires are changing in Canada<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9735035\/canada-gdp-march-q1-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada\u2019s economy stayed hot in the 1st quarter with 3.1% annual growth<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/05\/31\/waiter-wheres-my-patio-toronto-restaurant-and-bar-owners-left-high-and-dry-over-delays-in-cafto-approvals.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Waiter, where\u2019s my patio?!\u2019 Toronto restaurant and bar owners left high and dry over delays in Caf\u00e9TO approvals<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/toronto\/article-reno-in-torontos-little-portugal-softens-all-the-angles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reno in Toronto\u2019s Little Portugal softens all the angles<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-drinking-fountains-water-1.6858913\" target=\"_blank\">Could Toronto make drinking fountains accessible year-round? This engineering grad says yes<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/30\/balcony-fire-at-spadina-avenue-and-king-street-west-results-in-brief-closure-of-busy-downtown-stretch.html\" target=\"_blank\">Balcony fire at Spadina Avenue and King Street West results in brief closure of busy downtown stretch<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-ottawa-alberta-energy-climate-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa hopes for collaboration as Danielle Smith vows to stop federal energy and climate policies<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9733144\/landlords-investors-rental-market-pressure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Renters might soon feel the pain as their landlords post losses. Here\u2019s why<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/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\/05\/news-roundup-may-31-2023.52722\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Toronto struggles to keep pace in the delivery of new housing, and particularly rental housing, Airbnbs are reportedly taking &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 31, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-31-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 31, 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-17691","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\/17691","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=17691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}