Tackling Toronto’s housing affordability crisis is a key priority. There are new affordable housing projects in the works in Toronto-Danforth at the Riverdale Co-op, Danforth Church at Bowden Street and Don Summerville Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) site. The latter is part of an initiative to make sure TCHC revitalization projects not only replace the existing homes, but also build new affordable housing. You can read the latest report on the Don Summerville revitalization project online.

The city’s Housing Now initiative is a plan to build 7,400 purpose built rental units in Phase 1, half of which are to be rented at below market rates. These will be part of mixed-income, mixed-use, transit-oriented neighbourhoods on 11 City-owned properties. We’re also developing a tool called Inclusionary Zoning that requires developers to build affordable housing units as part of development projects. These are key components of the City’s overall Housing 2020-2030 Action Plan.

The Planning and Housing Committee also created the Subcommittee on the Protection of Affordable Rental Housing in 2019, which I chaired. It was mandated to protect the affordable units we already have and fight illegitimate evictions.

Useful tenant resources and info can be found here.

New Ward 14 affordable housing for seniors and EarlyON Child and Family Centre officially opened

“Parents can now bring their children to this beautiful new centre and seniors who may have lived in this neighbourhood their entire lives can continue living here, but in a home that’s affordable and with services that support their health and well-being. This is truly a win-win for this wonderful community.” – Councillor Paula Fletcher

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