Housing

The towers of St. Hilda's Seniors Community stretch into the sky.

Renewed towers provide housing for seniors

As she sat in the audience, listening to the speeches, Canon Alice Jean Finlay thought of her husband, the late Archbishop Terence Finlay. “He would ...
A fence installed outside St. Stephen in-the-Fields.

Parishes urge governments to advance human right to housing

Last summer, at an event held outside St. James Cathedral to raise awareness of homelessness in Toronto, passersby were invited to participate in an interactive ...
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Moving beyond fear to community

It had been an inspiring morning, pitching in with other volunteers to do odd jobs completing a community centre at a new housing project for ...
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This year’s vestry motion and the human right to housing

The fact that Canada is in a housing crisis is indisputable. Across our diocese, rents are rising higher than inflation, with the average monthly rent ...
The St. Hilda's towers.

Group provides housing for seniors

A dedicated group of Anglicans has been working for the past seven years to create affordable housing for seniors, and its efforts are beginning to ...
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Unhoused people must not be swept away

“But Jesus said, ‘Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor ...
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Diocese, Kindred Works to sign agreement

The diocese is entering into an agreement with Kindred Works that will help parishes that want to redevelop their properties to include mixed-income housing. Synod ...
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Church welcomes homeless seniors to neighbourhood

When Jamie Perttula learned that the City of Toronto was putting in a modular housing project for homeless seniors not far from the Church of ...
Three people stand holding a take-out meal.

Parish rallies around evicted residents

Over the summer, a west-end Toronto church joined its local community in supporting evicted residents of a nearby Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) complex. On May ...
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Committee eyes housing template

The diocese’s Property Committee is exploring ways to help parishes that want to redevelop their property to include both market-level and affordable housing. “Homelessness is ...
The Anglican

Barrie warming centre a lifesaving “band aid”

On Jan. 21, a much-needed daytime warming centre opened in Barrie at Trinity Church. The warming centre is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to ...
The Anglican

Parish fights to save women’s shelter

You can fight city hall. That’s what the parish of St. Matthias, Bellwoods learned this summer after receiving a notice of termination of a longstanding ...
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Symposium looks at ‘homefulness’

The Sorrento Centre is an Anglican education and retreat centre located on Shuswap Lake in the central interior of British Columbia. The Rev. Michael Shapcott, ...
The Anglican

Meetings explore use of church lands

How can parishes in our diocese use their lands to create affordable housing and build community?  In 2019, Synod adopted a motion to develop an ...
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Meetings explore redevelopment of church lands

How can parishes in the Diocese of Toronto use their lands for creating affordable housing and building community? In 2019, Synod adopted a motion to ...
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Group working on affordable housing plan

This is an update on an affordable housing plan for the diocese. It was received by Diocesan Council at its December 2020 meeting. At the ...
Bishop Asbil sits a table with microphones, with tents visible behind him

Bishop Asbil speaks out on housing crisis

On Nov. 18, in anticipation of National Housing Day, Bishop Andrew Asbil spoke to members of the media and others outside Holy Trinity, Trinity Square ...

Home for Christmas

A mother and her three children were welcomed home for Christmas on Dec. 9, thanks to Habitat for Humanity GTA and the Diocese of Toronto. ...
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New house a ‘huge step up’

A mother and her three children who live below the poverty line in Toronto can now afford to buy their own house, thanks to a ...
Flowers on the bench inside a streetcar shelter in downtown Toronto.

Anglicans rally for homeless

Advocates for the poor and homeless, including an Anglican priest and a member of Holy Trinity, Trinity Square, took part in a press conference on ...