How James Pasternak voted at council

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1. 2024.CC17.1AMENDED

   Immediate Actions to Address the 2023 Taxation Year of the Vacant Home Tax

   The past weeks have caused confusion, anxiety and frustration for thousands of Torontonians. Vacant Home Tax notices landed in mailboxes of people who did not know the City was asking them to declare occupancy. People who live in their homes. People who have tenants living in units. They now believe they owe the City thousands of dollars when they don’t. That’s not fair. The design of the program was approved December 2021 and is clearly flawed. This has caused hardship, especially for seniors who can’t access online tools or those who cannot read English. How we administer the Vacant Home Tax program must be rebuilt from scratch. The Vacant Homes Tax exists for a good reason: to make more homes available to people. It’s meant to discourage speculators who leave units empty during our housing crisis. Homes that people could live in today. The funds we collect from speculators can be re-invested in more affordable housing, like the Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition program. We are fixing this mess. The Vacant Homes Tax needs to be administered in a simple, fair way. People need to know now that if their home was occupied last year, there is no need to pay.…

   City Council · 2024-04-18 14:28 PM

   Adopt Item as Amended

   James Pasternak's vote: Yes

   Majority required - CC17.1 - Adopt the item as amended

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   23-1

   Source outcome