City Council · 2024-12-18 12:21 PM
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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
Majority required - PH17.5 - Adopt the item
Like many cities around the world, Toronto is experiencing the effects of climate change with more frequent and extended heat events taking place outside of seasonal norms. Excessive indoor temperatures are a particular concern for tenants living in leased residential premises without air conditioning, or other cooling equipment such as heat pumps, who are at higher risk of heat-related health impacts. These impacts are intensified in multi-unit residential buildings and broadly in built-up urban environments with limited greenspace. The City regulates indoor temperatures in leased residential premises through Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 497, Heating and Chapter 629, Property Standards. In the short term, heat-related impacts on residents are being managed through existing City measures such as the Heat Relief Strategy and Heat Relief Network, and in the longer term through policy and program initiatives spanning several City Divisions to support building improvements and enhancing the climate resilience of Toronto's aging housing stock. This report outlines the City’s preliminary actions to address excessive indoor temperatures and is the first in a phased reporting appr…
City Council · 2024-12-18 12:01 PM
Majority required - PH17.5 - Adopt the balance of the item, as amended
City Council · 2024-12-18 12:00 PM
Majority required - PH17.5 - Adoption of Planning and Housing Committee Recommendations 4 and 5 only
City Council · 2024-12-18 11:58 AM
Majority required - PH17.5 - Saxe - motion 1
On February 29th, 2024, Executive Committee adopted EX12.1 - Vehicle-for-Hire and Private Transportation Industries Update Request, requesting staff to analyze driver wages in the vehicle-for-hire industry, which includes taxicabs, limousines and private transportation companies. A team of researchers specializing in research and analysis of the vehicle-for-hire industry in Toronto and internationally, consisting of Dr. Mischa Young from the Université de l’Ontario Français and Dr. Steven Farber and Dr. Mashrur Rahman from the University of Toronto, were retained to complete an assessment of the vehicle-for-hire industry to inform Council about the current state of driver wages. This academic study is supplemented by information about wages and incomes received during public consultations directly from drivers, companies and other stakeholders. The researchers found that the median PTC driver gross earnings was $33.52 per hour in 2023 and $33.18 per hour in 2024 for every engaged hour of work, which includes the time between when a driver accepts a trip request and drops the passenger off. When accounting for all time spent logged onto a platform, including tim…
City Council · 2024-12-18 11:35 AM
Majority required - EX19.3 - Adopt the item as amended
City Council · 2024-12-18 11:33 AM
Majority required - EX19.3 - Burnside - motion 1
City Council on July 24 and 25, 2024, referred Item CC20.3 to the Economic and Community Development Committee for consideration. Summary from the report (July 17, 2024) from the Ombudsman on Ombudsman Toronto Housing Unit Status Report 2024. Pursuant to section 170(2) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 (COTA), the purpose of this report is to provide City Council with a status report describing the activities of Ombudsman Toronto’s Housing Unit since its creation in July 2023. In less than a year, the Housing Unit has been fully staffed, developed its infrastructure, launched two investigations, provided consultations to City staff, and met with more than 170 people through their engagement work. Notably, the Housing Unit has also developed a framework that uses the concept of housing as a human right to guide their investigations, the first of its kind for an Ombudsman organization in Canada.
City Council · 2024-12-17 17:12 PM
Majority required - EC17.1 - Adopt the item
The purpose of this report is to provide City Council with the Auditor General’s 2025 Work Plan, which contains projects that are in progress or will begin in 2025, and many new projects on the horizon to commence in either late 2025 or 2026. These audit projects are identified through a City-wide risk and opportunities assessment process that is conducted every five years and updated annually for changes in emerging issues, priorities, and trends in allegations made to the Fraud and Waste Hotline. The Auditor General also considers the views and experience of City Councillors and City management. The Auditor General may amend the Annual Work Plan if new priorities arise. This report also provides the 2025 Budget Highlights for information only, as the Audit Committee considers the Auditor General’s 2025 Work Plan. The Auditor General is requesting $8.651 million and this 2025 budget request will be presented directly to the Budget Committee at its meeting on January 15-17, 2025 for consideration. The Auditor General's budget request reflects resources needed to address her 2025 Work Plan. The Auditor General would like to thank the Audit Committee and City Council for…
City Council · 2024-12-17 17:10 PM
Majority required - AU7.1 - Adopt the item
Audit Committee · 2024-12-09
Majority required
This report seeks authority for the City, as landlord, to enter into a nominal lease agreement (the "Land Lease") with Community Music Schools of Toronto (the "Tenant") in respect of a portion of the property at 1785 Finch Avenue West (the "Leased Premises"), to design, build, finance, and operate a new not-for-profit music school. The Leased Premises is a portion of the current parking surface, along with an unused loading dock area, of the site of Toronto Public Library's ("TPL") York Woods Branch ("York Woods Library"). With City Council endorsement and direction to explore the feasibility of building a music school next to York Woods Library, City staff now recommend advancing this site for the proposed new music school which will serve the Jane Finch community. The TPL Board supports the proposed Land Lease to the Tenant. Social Development, Finance, and Administration and Economic Development and Culture have advised on the community consultation process, by engaging with a third-party consultant and the Tenant. Additionally, the proposed development of the music school in the Jane Finch community aligns with Action 1.13 of the Jane Finch Community Development Plan ( EC10.1…
City Council · 2024-12-17 16:44 PM
Majority required - EX19.21 - Adopt the item