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Brockton Village Eco Flats: Revamping Old Toronto Homes With A Green Design

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Brockton Village Eco Flats: Revamping Old Toronto Homes With A Green Design

Toronto has a housing crisis. That’s apparent and we’ve been talking about it for a while now. There’s plenty of creative solutions that we need to implement to combat this crisis and create a city that is affordable with high quality housing. We need to look towards the future and by that we mean we need to think about sustainability. Many of Toronto’s housing stock is dated and not built to function in an eco-friendly way. But there is a movement beginning in the housing market. Old and tired Toronto homes are starting to be revamped and transformed into housing that is environmentally friendly and modern. Today, we’re going to talk about two of these homes in Brockton Village that have been transformed from old and tired traditional family homes into eco-minded three-unit buildings.

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Laneways In Toronto Are A Success: Three Local Case Studies To Celebrate

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Laneways In Toronto Are A Success: Three Local Case Studies To Celebrate

We talked a few weeks ago about the new legislative changes that have allowed Toronto to build and construct laneway houses as a much needed action against the city’s housing crisis. Today we wanted to share some success stories with you from around Toronto.

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Co-Ownership Case Study: A Different Arrangement

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Co-Ownership Case Study: A Different Arrangement

The co-ownership movement is small but, as we’ve covered, it is gaining momentum. GoCo has worked with numerous groups and clients who have embraced a new means of house ownership and helped facilitate their own intentional communities. But GoCo didn’t invent co-ownership in housing. Before Lesli and her team were tirelessly working with groups around the GTA, co-ownership and cohousing arrangements were already being done. Today we wanted to talk about a lovely woman we interviewed who embraced a new model of housing ownership. Julia* told us her story of how she embraced a new way of home ownership in Toronto.

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Co-Ownership Case Study: The Golden Girls of Port Perry

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Co-Ownership Case Study: The Golden Girls of Port Perry

Perhaps one of the most famous groups in the world of co-ownership, the ‘Golden Girls’ of Port Perry are now considered the face of co-ownership in Ontario. As Ontario’s government pushes for alternative housing ideas to combat the housing crisis across the province, these four seniors came together and took advantage.

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Co-Ownership Case Study: Two Millennial Couples

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Co-Ownership Case Study: Two Millennial Couples

Co-ownership and cooperative real estate purchases are a great way for people to enter the real estate market. While Toronto’s market is competitive, millennials have found a way by buying together. Take the following case study of two millennial couples who were able to pool their resources together and purchase their first home in the Annex.