The motion will result in affordable housing targets set for each development application in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth.
During the debate at City Council this week on Mayor Chow's proposal to increase the target of affordable units in her affordable housing plan by 25,000, I moved a motion to set up a pilot project for a new way of identifying the city's affordable housing targets for developers.
The motion asks that the city set out a target for each development application in Ward 14, including provincial Transit Oriented Communities (TOC), for how many affordable units the city wants to see achieved.
While the inclusion of these units is ultimately up to the developer – or for the TOC's, up to the province – at every community meeting the community consistently asks about the inclusion of affordable housing.
Having the city publicly set a target should help make those requests more focused and lead to the inclusion of affordable housing in more developments.
My motion reads:
I spoke at Council about why this is important:
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