Toronto-CreateTO update on transit-oriented housing project

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Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow celebrated the start of construction of a new mixed-use, transit-oriented housing project adjacent to the TTC’s Wilson Station that will deliver a total of 1,484 homes including 520 affordable rental homes.  The City of Toronto, in partnership with CreateTO, is supporting the delivery of this project through the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan’s (HousingTO Plan) Housing …

Toronto 2024 Vacant Home Tax declaration period opens

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Toronto – The City of Toronto is reminding all residential property owners to declare the occupancy status of their property for 2024 – before Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The updated online portal is now open for Vacant Home Tax (VHT) declarations, making it easier for homeowners to submit their information. Property owners can also make a declaration by calling 311 …

Partners for ONntario’s affordable housing projects announced

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Toronto  – The City of Toronto and CreateTO announced Civic Developments, Windmill Developments and Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto as the development partners for a new housing project at 2444 Eglinton Ave. E. This housing project will deliver approximately 918 homes including 612 rent-geared-to-income (RGI), affordable and market rent-controlled co-operative homes, making it one of the largest affordable housing projects …

Toronto report proposes generational change for affordable homes

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Toronto – The City of Toronto released a staff report “Generational Transformation of Toronto’s Housing System to Urgently Build More Affordable Homes”, which charts a way forward to transform Toronto’s housing system and improve housing outcomes for low- and middle-income Torontonians. The actions outlined in the report are necessary to restore housing affordability after decades of insufficient government investments across …

84 new deeply affordable homes open at 222 Spadina Ave

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Toronto – Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie (Scarborough-Rouge Park), Chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee, was joined by the Councillor for Beaches-East York and Chair of the Planning & Housing Committee, as well as Patricia Mueller, CEO of Homes First Society, to celebrate the opening of 84 new deeply affordable supportive homes for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. …