At Home in Muskoka – Details, episodes & analysis

In today’s episode the Coordinator of the Alliance for a Liveable Ontario, Franz Hartmann, walks us through five ways to make homes affordable in Ontario. 

Five Ways Home is a project of hope by a staggering array of people from across the political spectrum, including environmentalists, planners, and farmers. Built on a foundation of deep research, it’s a set of actionable solutions to Ontario’s housing crisis that’s written for people, not policy-makers.

Show Notes

• Download Taking Action Together: Five Ways to Make Homes Affordable in Ontario
• Watch the Five Ways To Make Homes more Affordable videos: 
• Introduction to Five Ways Home (3 min)
• Make housing affordable and part of liveable communities (1 min)
• Invest heavily in non-market affordable housing (1 min)
• Build smarter and faster (1 min)
• Build a wide variety of housing types (1 min)
• Build in the right Places (1 min)
• Click the Take Action button and share with your friends, family, neighbours, and MPPs

Find Five Ways Home and the Alliance for a Liveable Ontario Online: 

• YouTube: @liveableontario
• Instagram: @allianceforaliveableontario
• Facebook: @liveableontario
• Website: fivewayshome.ca

Find Us Online: 

• Instagram: @muskokaclt
• Facebook: @muskokaclt
• LinkedIn:  @muskokaclt
• Website: muskokacommunitylandtrust.org
• Patreon: AtHomeinMuskoka

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In today’s episode, we meet Nat Pace, the network director of the Canadian Network of Community Land Trust. They lead us through the history of the modern land trust movement and the mission of the CNCLT to support the movement in Canada. A must-listen episode for anyone interested in organizing around community land stewardship.

Show Notes

• Attend the 2024 Community Land Trust Summit on October 18-19th via livestream
• Learn the history of New Communities Inc.
• Understand how community land trusts can facilitate the return of land to Indigenous communities.  
• Follow the progress of the Calgary Urban Indigenous Community Land Trust Development Project

Find the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts Online: 

• YouTube: @canadianCLTs
• Facebook: @canadianCLTs
• LinkedIn: @canadian-network-of-community-land-trusts
• Website: communityland.ca

Find Us Online: 

• Instagram: @muskokaclt
• Facebook: @muskokaclt
• LinkedIn: @muskokaclt
• Website: muskokacommunitylandtrust.org
• Patreon: AtHomeinMuskoka

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I’m joined today by Tom Fortier and Peter Kelley to talk about how our community is affected by the housing crisis. We discuss what the District Municipality of Muskoka is doing about it, including the work of the Muskoka Housing Task Force 2.0, and what we as community members can do about it both collectively and individually.

Show Notes:

• Stay up to date with local projects at Engage Muskoka
• District Municipality of Muskoka 10 Year Housing and Homelessness Plan (2020) and Annual Report (2022)
• Town of Huntsville Strategic Plan

Find us Online:

• Twitter: @muskokaclt  
• Instagram: @muskokaclt
• Facebook: @muskokaclt
• LinkedIn:  @muskokaclt
• Website: muskokacommunitylandtrust.org
• Patreon: AtHomeinMuskoka

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Kate Monk is the Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Programs for Explorer’s Edge, otherwise known as Regional Tourism Organization 12, the destination development organization for the region of Ontario that includes Muskoka. 

She’s a local girl with a deep and abiding love for our lakes and communities, and joins me today to talk about how a regenerative approach to the business of tourism aims higher than mere sustainability and helps ensure that the businesses, the environment, and the people who live here, work here, and visit here can thrive together.

Show Notes:

• Explorer’s Edge/RTO12’s Regional Data Hub
• Read Regeneration Rising
• Catalyst housing
• Muskoka Discovery Centre: Misko-Aski, Confluence of Cultures

Find us Online:

• Twitter: @muskokaclt  
• Instagram: @muskokaclt
• Facebook: @muskokaclt
• LinkedIn: @muskokaclt
• Website: muskokacommunitylandtrust.org
• Patreon: AtHomeinMuskoka

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Town planner Jeremy Rand joins me in today's episode to talk about what an urban planner does, how the process works, and how communities can be strengthened (or weakened) through the planning, consultation, and development process.

Show Notes:

• Ignite Gravenhurst
• Georgian Bay Rowing club
• Charles Mahom, Strong Towns

Find us online: 

• Twitter: @muskokaclt  
• Instagram: @muskokaclt
• Facebook: @muskokaclt
• LinkedIn:  @muskokaclt
• Website: muskokacommunitylandtrust.org
• Patreon: AtHomeinMuskoka

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I’m joined today by Christopher Jordan-Stevens to talk about homelessness…or, more precisely, to talk about how we talk about homelessness, and how our understanding of both the problem and the solution come into focus when we keep the dignity of the people involved at the forefront of our minds.

Show Notes:

• 2021 Muskoka Homeless Enumeration & By-Name List
• Read: Homelessness is a Housing Problem
• About Housing First
• Muskoka Homelessness Resources:
• The District: 705-645-2412 ext. 4363
• Canadian Mental Health Association crisis line (1-800-461-5424)
• Muskoka Victim Services: 1-844-762-9945
• Muskoka Women’s Shelters - Interval House (Bracebridge): 705-645-4461 or Chrysalis (Huntsville): 705-789-8488
• The Table Men’s Shelter (Huntsville): 705-783-5827
• Call 9-1-1 for emergency or crisis situations.

Find us Online:

Find us online: 

• Twitter: @muskokaclt 
• Instagram: @muskokaclt
• Facebook: @muskokaclt
• LinkedIn:  Muskoka Community Land Trust
• Website: muskokacommunitylandtrust.org
• Patreon: AtHomeinMuskoka

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Finding secure, affordable, and appropriate housing is hard enough. For those with developmental disabilities, plotting a course through the many, many barriers to housing and finding community on the other side is exponentially more difficult. 

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Martha Beach and Olivia Thomas, Housing Navigators with Developmental Services Ontario, who explain their role and share tools and resources for individuals and families looking for stable, dignified housing.

Show Notes:

• Register for the Housing Forum here
• Find the Housing Navigator for your region
• Developmental Services Ontario Housing Toolkit
• Ontario Not for Profit Housing Association
• District of Muskoka Secondary Suite Funding
• District of Muskoka Accessibility Grants and Home Repair Funding

Find us Online:

Twitter: @muskokaclt 

Instagram: @muskokaclt

Facebook: @muskokaclt

LinkedIn:  Muskoka Community Land Trust

Website: https://www.muskokacommunitylandtrust.org/

Patreon: AtHomeinMuskoka

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Aaron Binder is a long–time business owner and entrepreneur across multiple industries, with political experience and a passion for environmental and micromobility advocacy. He’s the director of the Better Way Alliance, Canada’s member-driven, ethical employer network that invests in workers, knowing that they are their organization’s greatest assets. 

The Better Way Alliance advocates for decent employment practices and desperately needed commercial rent reform that develop resilient and community-focused Main Streets across Canada, including right here in Muskoka.

Show Notes

• Read about the business case for ethical employment
• Join the Better Way Alliance
• Read the Commercial Rent Report
• Support the Commercial Renter Bill of Rights
• See all the other cool stuff Aaron is up to at aaronbinder.com

Find the Better Way Alliance Online: 

• Twitter: @betterwaycan
• Instagram: @betterwayalliance
• Facebook: @betterwayalliance
• LinkedIn: @better-way-alliance
• Website: betterwayalliance.ca

Find Us Online: 

• Twitter: @muskokaclt  
• Instagram: @muskokaclt
• Facebook: @muskokaclt
• LinkedIn: @muskokaclt
• Website: muskokacommunitylandtrust.org
• Patreon: AtHomeinMuskoka

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Len Ring from Climate Action Muskoka joins the show today to discuss the history of CAM, the urgency of taking action to stop global warming, the interconnectedness of climate action and community building, and what we can do (and are doing!) collectively and as individuals to mitigate climate change.

Show Notes:

• Read about the intersection of climate and housing: Want to Fight Climate Change? Fix Housing | Task Force for Housing and Climate
• Subscribe to the CAM Newsletter and the Muskoka Drawdown Podcast
• Read the Building Back Better series
• Download the Climate Change Curriculum created in partnership with the Retired Teachers of Ontario [PDF]
• Join the Community Carbon Challenge
• Learn about Muskoka’s Climate Action Plan

Find Climate Action Muskoka Online: 

• Facebook: @climateactionmuskoka
• Instagram: @climateactionmuskoka
• YouTube: @climateactionmuskoka5792
• Website: climateactionmuskoka.org

Find The Muskoka Community Land Trust Online: 

• Instagram: @muskokaclt
• Facebook: @muskokaclt
• LinkedIn: @muskokaclt
• Website: muskokacommunitylandtrust.org
• Patreon: AtHomeinMuskoka

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