Toronto breaks ground on affordable homes at 35 Bellevue Ave

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Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow was joined by Councillor Dianne Saxe (University-Rosedale) to announce the start of construction on the City of Toronto’s affordable and supportive housing project at 35 Bellevue Ave. This marks the second project delivered through the Public Developer Delivery model to break ground this week.  Operated by the Kensington Market Community Land Trust (KMCLT) and St. …

Toronto invites students to shape new Academic Housing Strategy

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Toronto – The City of Toronto is inviting post-secondary students, faculty and staff to share their thoughts about their housing challenges, ideas and expectations for the future. The outreach is part of the Academic Housing Strategy, a priority under the City’s HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan and the Housing Action Plan (2022-2026) to address housing challenges and ensure equitable access to …

Toronto approves housing pledge to facilitate 285,000 new homes by 2031

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Toronto – Toronto City Council adopted a housing pledge to achieve or exceed the provincial housing target of 285,000 new Toronto homes by 2031. This target represents an ambitious goal and is a call to action for the City of Toronto, other orders of government and stakeholders to accelerate timelines and get housing built.  The Council-adopted staff report outlines the …

Call to deliver over 12,000 purpose-built affordable, rental homes

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Toronto – Despite challenges created by the pandemic, the City of Toronto’s Housing Now program is making progress with a pathway to move forward three shovel ready sites and a plan to get more sites under construction to deliver more homes in Etobicoke, Scarborough and North York. The City of Toronto’s Planning and Housing Committee will consider a progress update …