Affordable housing for recent immigrants in Toronto is needed and the newest immigrants tend to live in the largest cities and they do extra demand for housing stock but the current situation of Toronto does not have the capacity to supply affordable housing units for them. The provincial government has removed rent control for newly built or vacant housing units, a decision that encouraged developers and landlords to increase rents. The municipal government is ready to take some important steps, such as the  Zoning Policy to make affordable housing more accessible to low-to-moderate income households in Toronto.  However, without implementing the  Zoning Policy, it was not rational for the provincial government to withdraw the rent control policy.

In many studies information and analysis of housing affordability in the Canadian context are provided, and scholars focus more on broader housing and homelessness issues. There are less analytical and informative articles found on housing affordability in the Toronto CMA that utilize recent data. This study will examine why recent immigrants in Toronto struggle with affordable housing and whether they create/shape the risk of housing affordability. Moreover, it will also analyze how different initiatives and policies promote housing affordability in Toronto. If the causes of housing affordability issues can be understood in relation to recent immigrants and low-income people and the different barriers they are experiencing to find adequate affordable housing, there could be some approaches that could be implemented to mitigate or solve housing affordability concerns.