How Stephen Holyday voted at council

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1. 2023.EC7.8ADOPTED

   Shelter System Pressures and Responses, including Planning for Winter 2023/2024

   Toronto’s shelter system is full, and demand for shelter services is at an all-time high. Current demand for shelter space is so high that every night the City is unable to provide shelter to hundreds of people requesting a space. This report provides an update on the City’s Winter Services plan. Expanded services during the winter season (November 15 to April 15) provide warm, indoor space for people experiencing homelessness and protect people from cold and extreme weather during the winter months. Shelter, Support & Housing Administration’s preparation for winter 2023/2024 began at the end of the last winter season in April 2023, and has sited Warming Centres and a 24-hour winter respite, as directed by Council. The added space during the winter is critical to help move people who are sleeping outdoors into indoor space, including those people currently sleeping in encampments and on the transit system. With recent surges in demand, there are undeniable significant pressures on Toronto’s shelter system, and the City expects demand to continue to rise during the winter months and throughout 2024. The winter spaces that have been secured may not be suffici…

   City Council · 2023-11-08 17:47 PM

   Adopt Item

   Stephen Holyday's vote: No

   Majority required - EC7.8 - Adoption of Economic and Community Development Committee Recommendation 1 only

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   22-1

   Source outcome