Tag: City hall
These Farhi-owned downtown buildings may become affordable housing
A major London landlord is partnering with the London Community Foundation (LCF) to redevelop core properties into affordable housing, seeking non-profit groups interested in taking on the projects. Farhi Holdings Corporation is offering up several downtown properties for sale to groups interested in building or renovating them into residential units, with early funding provided by […]
City hall cracks down on London’s ride-hailing scofflaws
City hall is clamping down on ride-hailing vehicles that are accepting cash from fares for rides not ordered through officially designated apps. After getting public complaints, city officials on Friday said bylaw officers have started fining drivers of what are essentially unlicensed vehicles-for-hire over rides they offer but that aren’t booked through designated apps such […]
Women, gender-diverse homeless hub needed in London: Advocates
A network of London advocates and homelessness survivors is calling on city hall to build a women and gender-diverse only homeless hub. That’s just one among more than a dozen “calls to action” announced Wednesday by All Our Sisters, developed after a forum of about 200 people held last fall in London. “Since our first […]
London school bus driver sounds safety alarm over small kids, big snowbanks
Piles of plowed snow in school bus loading zones pose a hazard for children getting on and off, says one frustrated London bus driver who fears a youngster may get injured.
Fire-displaced Londoners remain in limbo as city-funded hotel stay ends
As more snow and cold pounded London on Thursday and city hall emergency shelter funding ended, the immediate housing future of several fire-displaced Londoners remained in limbo. It’s been a painful few weeks for the residents of 753 Dundas St., a privately owned supportive-housing building in Old East Village that was damaged in a $1.2-million […]