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Social Planning Toronto @planningtoronto.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Interested in learning more about the budget process, or sharing your concerns with City Hall? We have a number of upcoming free events, including a Budget Town Hall and two deputation workshops. Please share with your communities and networks: www.socialplanningtoronto.org/city_budget_...

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City Budget 2025 Events

Working together to build a fairer, more inclusive Toronto.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

"Through working with these families, I’ve been seeing an unfathomable amount of price gouging for housing." This is abhorrent, but let's be clear: it’s just a more extreme version of what we see every day in cities across the country, where landlords exploit desperate renters for maximum profit.

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California Fires Lead to Prices Hikes on Some L.A. Rentals

Despite a law against price gouging during a state of emergency, some rental listings have shot up above the allowable 10 percent overnight.

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Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Posting videos of well used bike lanes kinda misses the point because folks who oppose bike lanes have videos showing the opposite. Numbers of people using bikes is an important, but not a singular metric for making the case for bike lanes. Most advocates know this but I’m underscoring because…

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