How Jamaal Myers voted at council

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1. 2024.PH17.7ADOPTED

   Relaunch of the Home Ownership Assistance Program to Support New Non-Profit Affordable and Attainable Home Ownership Housing

   Toronto is facing two housing crises – one where there is a lack of deeply affordable and supportive homes for low-income, marginalized, and vulnerable residents, as well as those experiencing homelessness; and a more recent one in which rising housing costs have made it increasingly unaffordable for middle income earners, key workers and professionals to live in the city. To respond to this dual crises, City Council has pledged to meet the Provincial housing target of 285,000 housing starts in Toronto by 2031, As Toronto residents continue to struggle with rising inflation and cost of living, it is becoming increasingly difficult even for middle income earners to access the ownership market, including women-led households and those from equity-deserving communities. As of the 2021 Census, home ownership rates for Indigenous and Black-led households were 50 percent lower than the general population, and historical inequities in homeownership levels within low-income, racialized, and other equity-deserving groups means these groups have not experienced the benefits that typically accompany home ownership. This report recommends key changes to the Home Ownership Assistance Pro…

   City Council · 2024-12-18 12:21 PM

   Adopt Item

   Jamaal Myers's vote: Absent

   Majority required - PH17.5 - Adopt the item

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   19-0

   Source outcome