Opinion desk
Housing
Supply, policy, and the places people can and cannot afford to live.
The city counts units built and calls it a housing policy
A target that counts doors without counting rents will be met, and it will not house the people the shortage is actually about.
By the Editorial Board · 18 August 2026 · 2 min read
Opinion · HousingRooming houses are the housing stock nobody will defend
Opinion · Housing
Every rooming house lost is replaced by nothing, and the city has no policy that acknowledges this.
By the Editorial Board · 13 August 2026 · 2 min readDowntown will not be fixed by another study of downtown
Sudbury has commissioned six downtown plans since 2005 and built almost none of what they recommended, which…
By the Editorial Board · 12 August 2026 · 2 min read