{"id":109,"date":"2026-10-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:00:00","slug":"toronto-co-op-housing-projects-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/16\/toronto-co-op-housing-projects-move-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Co-Op Housing Projects Move Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/shabbir-burhani\/return-coop-housing-remotion-videos-3801\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Toronto co-op housing regained momentum after decades of limited building. A local housing federation&#039;s pipeline included &gt;1.9K homes, signaling stronger long-term affordability efforts.<br \/>\nSupporters said Toronto co-ops can pair long-term affordability with resident voice, offering community control and shared responsibility alongside housing that stays stable over time.<br \/>\nA recent Toronto expansion added 24 homes and drew &gt;6K lottery applications, underscoring demand for housing near transit, schools, childcare, jobs, and services.<br \/>\nToronto co-ops were described as mixed-income communities, not only social housing. Examples in St. Lawrence and the Beaches combined co-op, market, supportive, and condominium homes.<br \/>\nToronto&#039;s next co-ops need to be affordable, accessible, energy-efficient, and flexible, while keeping democratic governance realistic for residents balancing work, school, and caregiving.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto co-op housing regained momentum after decades of limited building. A local housing federation&#039;s pipeline included &gt;1.9K homes, signaling stronger long-term affordability efforts. Supporters said Toronto co-ops can pair long-term affordability with resident voice, offering community control and shared responsibility alongside housing that stays stable over time. A recent Toronto expansion added 24 homes and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"featured_media":110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shabbirburhani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}