Toronto – The City of Toronto released its 2023-2024 annual report outlining the significant progress made on the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan (HousingTO Plan) and 2022-2026 Housing Action Plan. The report also highlights areas where progress has stalled, pointing to action the City is taking within its jurisdiction and financial means, and emphasizing the need for significant new investments from …
Toronto – Toronto City Council has agreed to leverage City of Toronto-owned lands at 275 Merton St. to build 447 new purpose-built rental homes in midtown Toronto. This project includes a minimum target of 30 per cent affordable rental homes to remain affordable in perpetuity. To maximize the site’s housing potential and help create more affordable rental homes, the City …
Toronto – The Government of Ontario committed to providing the City of Toronto with $114 million in funding through its Building Faster Fund in response to action taken by the City and to support future home building targets set in the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan and Housing Action Plan. The Building Faster Fund is a $1.2 billion program spanning over …
Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow celebrated the ground-breaking of the first of two buildings at 25 Sewells Rd. in Scarborough, which will provide 201 affordable rental homes. Once complete, the development will include two buildings with a total of 318 affordable rental homes. This milestone is the culmination of a partnership between the City of Toronto, Government of Canada and …
Toronto – The City of Toronto announced the ground-breaking of 172 affordable rental homes at 300-304 The East Mall, also known as Valhalla Village. This housing project is the result of a successful collaboration between the City, Government of Canada and private sector partners led by KingSett Capital Affordable Housing LP. This partnership demonstrates a shared commitment to delivering affordable …
Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow together with Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister, and Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, announced the allocation of $471 million in funding through the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF), which will result in achieving an additional 11,780 homes in Toronto on top of what has already been projected over the …
Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow announced the opening of 220 new mixed affordable and supportive rental homes at Birchmount Green, a development by Birchmount Green, Inc., for low-and moderate-income households at 1236 Birchmount Rd. Mayor Chow was joined by Salma Zahid, Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre; Councillor Michael Thompson (Scarborough Centre); Tim Neeb, President, Birchmount Green, Inc. and community …
Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow and Councillor Paul Ainslie (Scarborough-Guildwood) were joined by John McKay, Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Guildwood, and Crystal Samms, Chair of the Board at Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes, to announce funding for a new affordable housing development to create 68 new rent-geared-to-income (RGI) homes at 4201-4203 Kingston Rd. This announcement is part of the third phase …
Toronto – Deputy Mayor Mike Colle (Eglinton-Lawrence), alongside Marco Mendicino, Member of Parliament for Eglinton-Lawrence and Bryan Keshen, Chief Executive Officer of Reena, announced new funding for 106 new rent-geared-to-income and supportive homes at 165 Elm Ridge Dr. as part of Phase 3 of the federal Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI). RHI is a capital funding program that helps create new …
Toronto – Toronto Public Health (TPH) is releasing new data for the first half of 2023 related to the deaths of people experiencing homelessness. Consistent with data from recent years, drug toxicity continues to be the leading cause of death. From January 2023 to June 2023, TPH received 79 reports of deaths among the unhoused population. While this number is …
