{"id":32089,"date":"2025-08-30T21:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T04:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-29-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T21:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T04:55:01","slug":"news-roundup-for-august-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-29-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for August 29, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Toronto\u2019s condo market swoon creates opening for builders ready to embrace purpose-built rental; strong mayor powers having \u2018little to no impact\u2019 on housing, municipal civil servants say; TTC to consider fare capping and eliminating current $156 monthly pass; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/toronto\/article-torontos-condo-market-swoon-creates-opening-for-builders-ready-to\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto\u2019s condo market swoon creates opening for builders ready to embrace purpose-built rental<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11354568\/strong-mayor-powers-having-little-to-no-impact-on-housing-municipal-civil-servants-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strong mayor powers having \u2018little to no impact\u2019 on housing, municipal civil servants say<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2025\/08\/28\/ttc-fare-capping\/\" target=\"_blank\">TTC to consider fare capping and eliminating current $156 monthly pass<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/canada-s-largest-private-landlord-often-dramatically-increases-eviction-applications-after-acquiring-buildings-study-finds\/article_0932c444-b463-44be-bef5-d7eccb15e98b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Canada\u2019s largest private landlord often dramatically increases eviction applications after acquiring buildings, study finds<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/ford-government-to-intervene-in-review-of-ontarios-real-estate-regulator-following-ipro-scandal\/article_e4089f7d-7b30-4470-b168-8deb58d6dd4f.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ford government to intervene in review of Ontario\u2019s real estate regulator following iPro scandal<\/a> (The Star)<\/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');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2025\/08\/news-roundup-august-29-2025.59329\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Toronto\u2019s condo market swoon creates opening for builders ready to embrace purpose-built rental; 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