Manuela Vega

Mississauga

Reporter at The (Toronto) Star

Writer at First Up Newsletter

Housing and real estate reporter @torontostar | [email protected] (she/her)

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Rent prices keep falling in the GTHA. Here’s why — and how long you can expect it to last

2 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Manuela Vega

A rise in supply caused rent prices in the GTHA to fall in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the first quarter of 2024, a new report has found — and prices are expected to continue softening through the rest of the year. Prices for purpose-built-rentals fell 2.2 per cent while condo rent prices dropped 2.8 per cent, according to an Urbanation report published Wednesday. Rental apartments completed since 2000 averaged $2,909 a month or $4.05 a square foot for a 719-square-foot unit.
Landlords are offering free months of rent, complimentary Wi-Fi and Presto cards to attract new tenants

1 month ago | thespec.com | Manuela Vega

A luxury building in Midtown is offering up to two months of free rent and years of complimentary Wi-Fi. A property management company downtown is dangling three months free rent on a two-year lease. An Annex apartment operator is giving one month of free rent plus six months of free parking or a $500 move-in bonus. These are some of dozens of incentives seen recently for rental apartments across the Toronto area.
How tariffs would affect Canada’s struggling homebuilders

Feb 7, 2025 | thestar.com | Manuela Vega

Tariffs and counter-tariffs would hurt buyer sentiment and raise prices for construction materials, experts say.
Metrolinx forced him out of his $1,400-a-month home to make way for a new Ontario Line station. Now he’s paying almost double — and he won’t be the only one, the city warns

Feb 6, 2025 | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Andy Takagi |Manuela Vega

Chris Warrilow had what most Torontonians can only dream of: a two-bedroom apartment in a walkable neighbourhood with easy transit access and friendly neighbours — all for only $1,400 a month. He’d lived there for 12 years — until June of last year, when the building at Pape and Cosburn was torn down to make way for a new station on the Ontario Line.
‘In recessions, people don’t go out and buy houses.’ How tariffs would impact Canada’s already-struggling homebuilding industry

Feb 3, 2025 | thespec.com | Manuela Vega

Canadian homebuilders got some reprieve Monday when Justin Trudeau announced there would be a 30-day pause on tariffs, but the possibility of a trade war with the U.S. continues to threaten a blow to an industry that says it’s already struggling with high costs.
Canada doesn’t need bigger cities to solve the housing crisis, report finds — it needs more cities

Jan 21, 2025 | thespec.com | Manuela Vega

Increasing housing supply in big cities like Toronto, alone, is unlikely to do much for affordability, a new report by think tank C.D. Howe Institute argues. What we really need is more cities, it says.
Canada doesn’t need bigger cities to solve the housing crisis, report finds — it needs more cities

Jan 21, 2025 | hamiltonnews.com | Manuela Vega

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Anatomy of a rent strike: These tenants lost their case at the Landlord and Tenant Board — but they’re not done fighting

Jan 12, 2025 | thespec.com | Manuela Vega

When the Landlord and Tenant Board approved rent increases for Thorncliffe Park tenants this past spring, Farkhunda Ateel Siddiqi began to pray. The single mother who arrived from Afghanistan six years ago imagined she would owe ayear’s worth of rent increase payments and consequently be evicted with her three teens. “It was a difficult moment,” she said.
Condo landlord competition slows Toronto-area rent growth

Jan 10, 2025 | thestar.com | Manuela Vega

Rent growth in the Toronto area was the slowest among Canada’s major census metropolitan areas in 2024 thanks to rising vacancy rates and a declining turnover rate.
‘This is the floor, not the ceiling’: More than 80,000 people were homeless in Ontario in 2024, report finds

Jan 9, 2025 | thespec.com | Manuela Vega

About 81,500 people experienced homelessness in Ontario in 2024, a new report has found, a 25 per cent increase compared to 2022. In the scenario of an economic downturn, the number of people experiencing homelessness could rise to more than 294,000 by 2035without significant government intervention, it added.

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Articles

Rent prices keep falling in the GTHA. Here’s why — and how long you can expect it to last

Landlords are offering free months of rent, complimentary Wi-Fi and Presto cards to attract new tenants

How tariffs would affect Canada’s struggling homebuilders

Metrolinx forced him out of his $1,400-a-month home to make way for a new Ontario Line station. Now he’s paying almost double — and he won’t be the only one, the city warns

‘In recessions, people don’t go out and buy houses.’ How tariffs would impact Canada’s already-struggling homebuilding industry

Canada doesn’t need bigger cities to solve the housing crisis, report finds — it needs more cities

Canada doesn’t need bigger cities to solve the housing crisis, report finds — it needs more cities

Anatomy of a rent strike: These tenants lost their case at the Landlord and Tenant Board — but they’re not done fighting

Condo landlord competition slows Toronto-area rent growth

‘This is the floor, not the ceiling’: More than 80,000 people were homeless in Ontario in 2024, report finds

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