Richard Joy
@RichardJoyTO
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Executive Director, Urban Land Institute, @ulitoronto
Toronto, ON Canada
Joined July 2014
[North York, ON] Our #AffordableHousing volunteers leading a tour of "Transit-Oriented Development" sites in Toronto w/ @OntLiberal Leader @BonnieCrombie & Housing critic - MPP @ShamjiAdil. Tour started at a #HousingNow site at new @FinchWestLRT hub... https://t.co/FUr4PGVgEo
2/ …Sunday morning site-tour w/ students from @UofTCities on the City's #HousingNow lands at 3933 KEELE STREET... they will be helping our volunteers determine how to get the best #AffordableHousing outcomes on this prime-site… #ONPoli #TOPoli LINK - https://t.co/OVz96mNoic
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STANDING-OFFER to ALL of the major-party MP candidates in June 2024 #TorontoStPauls by-election in #CDNPoli — Our HNTO volunteers are happy to give you an #AffordableHousing development-site tour of multiple parcels of government-owned surplus lands in the riding, upon request..!
NEWS RELEASE: A federal by-election will be held on June 24, 2024, in the electoral district of Toronto–St. Paul’s (Ontario): https://t.co/n5EGA1aAF0
#CdnPoli
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On the weekend, this op-ed argued that we are not talking about essential housing-enabling infrastructure, or announcing funding for it. But let’s take a step back. Two weeks ago the National Taskforce on Housing and Climate released a Blueprint for More and Better Homes. We
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Congrats to our colleague and collaborator Michael Piper (@UofTDaniels) for his team’s @CMHC_ca President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research, for their work on transforming single-detached dwellings to multiplexes in TO’s residential neighbourhoods: https://t.co/aYxg8uZwFr
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Our Taskforce on Housing and Climate report is out. And we put a stake in the ground. The No. 1 factor for building affordable, low-carbon and resilient homes is where they are built. Building “inside existing communities” can be cheaper, faster and less carbon-intensive.
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Even the housing supply task force led by former Conservative Party Deputy Leader @LRaitt says shifting “where” we build away from sprawl to existing "cities and communities [is] the single most powerful opportunity for building more & better housing" 🧵👇 https://t.co/FUFeGrH1tk
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.@AirCanada fined $97.5K for failing to assist passenger in wheelchair https://t.co/z10UII0h9t - this is why we advocate for #RightsOnFlights. So that airlines are finally held accountable. For every case documented, many go unaccounted for every day.
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The Canadian Transportation Agency has handed Air Canada a fine of $97,500 after a passenger in a wheelchair was made to drag himself off a plane in Las Vegas.
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Wonderful to celebrate one year of the Accelerating Accessibility Coalition - bringing together the disability community and builders/development professionals. This coalition is working to break down barriers and achieve greater accessible housing. #accessibility
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Attending the #NationalHousingDay2023 event, hosted by @HabitatGTA and @OptionsforHomes, and @cityoftoronto. Fireside Chat with @oliviachow & @spaikin
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Our government is focused on working with all of our partners to get more homes built that meet people’s needs and budget. It was great to address the crowd at the @ULIToronto Annual Trends Day. Together, we can continue to build a strong Ontario.
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Our CEO Vic Gupta joined @ULIToronto's @RichardJoyTO at today's Annual Trends program for a conversation about trends that will define the landscape of real estate in the year ahead and opportunities for the industry to collaborate with CreateTO. #ETRE2024
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4 signature projects that are helping define the urban landscape of the GTA have a strong Danish-Canadian connection
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@ULIToronto @cbreCanada @scotiabank @BMO @microsoftcanada @goflexday A very full house at @ULIToronto’s Back to the Office event at @cbreCanada. A good omen! #HomeoftheIndustry
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@ULIToronto Back to the Office panel at @cbreCanada discussing the creative strategies that landlords and tenants are deploying as the office workplace returns in a changed but optimistic fashion. @scotiabank @BMO @microsoftcanada @goflexday #homeoftheindustry
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@cbreCanada ‘s @FulfordRoy’s (SVP,Client Strategy) kicks of @ULIToronto ‘s early morning ‘Understanding the evolution of the workplace in the long shadow of Covid’
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@ULIToronto @GreggLintern @CityPlanTO 3/ … continuing on the @ULIToronto “Chief Planner’s Bike Tour” of Transit-Oriented Development sites into the Port Lands w/ @GreggLintern & @CityPlanTO staff in #TOPoli. Cycling over new Bridges & along newly improved #BikeLanes… 🚲
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