Toronto – The City of Toronto is inviting residents to provide input on the implementation of a new renovictions bylaw modelled after successful initiatives in other cities across Canada. In June, Toronto City Council directed City staff to create a bylaw in response to the growing trend of renovictions in Toronto, where a landlord illegitimately evicts a tenant by alleging …
Multiplex report recommends policy, zoning changes
Toronto – The City of Toronto unveiled recommendations to help permit multiplexes in all neighbourhoods to support building new homes for people. A City staff report going before the Planning and Housing Committee on Thursday, April 27, recommends amendments to the City’s Official Plan and city-wide Zoning Bylaw to enable the development of multiplexes – low-rise housing with two, three …
Toronto report recommends housing pledge to build 285,000 new homes by 2031
Toronto – A City of Toronto staff report is recommending City Council make a housing pledge to achieve or exceed the provincial housing target of 285,000 new Toronto homes by 2031. The 285,000 home target is an ambitious goal and a call to action for the City, other orders of government and stakeholders. At its meeting on Thursday, April 27, …