End the Shoebox Condo Era: Toronto Deserves Real Homes, Not Overpriced Closets

The Issue

Torontonians deserve better than this!

They are selling $700,000+ for units under 500 sq ft closet-sized apartments marketed as "luxury living." We're expected to cook in a kitchen glued to our living room wall, sleep inches from our front door, and enjoy a large balcony that sits completely unusable for 6+ months of the year due to Toronto's harsh winters.

This is not a home. This is a storage unit with a view.

We are calling on the City of Toronto, Toronto City Council, and provincial lawmakers to:

  • Set minimum unit size standards for new residential condo developments
  • Require proper, separated kitchen spaces not a countertop embedded in the living area
  • Mandate that indoor amenity space replace oversized balconies that are impractical for our climate
  • Every room must have a proper window dens, offices, and bedrooms marketed as "rooms" with no windows are not rooms, they are disguised closets being sold at full price
  • No more "den" loopholes developers should not be allowed to market windowless spaces as functional rooms or charge for square footage that provides zero quality of life
  • Ceiling height directly impacts mental and physical health as studies show that low ceilings increase stress and anxiety; Toronto residents paying premium prices deserve spaces that support their wellbeing 
  • Regulate maintenance fees to prevent developers from offloading building costs onto residents indefinitely
  • Prioritize human-centered housing design over maximum unit count per floor
  • Toronto families, young professionals, and newcomers deserve homes they can actually live in not glorified hotel rooms with a mortgage attached.

If you believe that square footage shouldn't be a luxury, and that a proper kitchen, real living space, and fair pricing should be the baseline, not a privilege, sign this petition.

Toronto deserves better. Sign and share.

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The Issue

Torontonians deserve better than this!

They are selling $700,000+ for units under 500 sq ft closet-sized apartments marketed as "luxury living." We're expected to cook in a kitchen glued to our living room wall, sleep inches from our front door, and enjoy a large balcony that sits completely unusable for 6+ months of the year due to Toronto's harsh winters.

This is not a home. This is a storage unit with a view.

We are calling on the City of Toronto, Toronto City Council, and provincial lawmakers to:

  • Set minimum unit size standards for new residential condo developments
  • Require proper, separated kitchen spaces not a countertop embedded in the living area
  • Mandate that indoor amenity space replace oversized balconies that are impractical for our climate
  • Every room must have a proper window dens, offices, and bedrooms marketed as "rooms" with no windows are not rooms, they are disguised closets being sold at full price
  • No more "den" loopholes developers should not be allowed to market windowless spaces as functional rooms or charge for square footage that provides zero quality of life
  • Ceiling height directly impacts mental and physical health as studies show that low ceilings increase stress and anxiety; Toronto residents paying premium prices deserve spaces that support their wellbeing 
  • Regulate maintenance fees to prevent developers from offloading building costs onto residents indefinitely
  • Prioritize human-centered housing design over maximum unit count per floor
  • Toronto families, young professionals, and newcomers deserve homes they can actually live in not glorified hotel rooms with a mortgage attached.

If you believe that square footage shouldn't be a luxury, and that a proper kitchen, real living space, and fair pricing should be the baseline, not a privilege, sign this petition.

Toronto deserves better. Sign and share.

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The Decision Makers

Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
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