Budget in the books

City Hall Watcher #111: a budget recap, a map of very expensive homes, an update on Airbnb fakery & more!

Welcome back. In the news this week: Toronto has an approved 2021 budget, but there’s still the small matter of the $649 million needed to balance COVID-related expenses, and the $15 million needed for supportive housing, and the $61 million needed for refugee supports. The budget debate ends, but municipal requests for funding from the federal and prov…