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Executive Committee, meeting 1, January 23, 2019 - Part 1 of 2
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Part 2 of 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk7cswCbx8w#t=7m25s
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0:04:23 - Call to order
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We
will
call
the
meeting
to
order
the
oath.
Can
you
hear
me
now
yeah
welcome
to
the
first
meeting
of
the
executive
committee.
The
mayor
will
be
with
us
shortly.
He
is
otherwise
engaged
and
asked
that
we
continue
in
it.
In
his
absence,
you
can
watch
on
YouTube
this
meeting
at
Toronto,
City
Council,
live
or
followed
meeting
any
computer
or
tablet
on
or
in
a
smart
phone
at
Toronto
dot
CA.
Are
there
any
declarations
of
interest
on
the
under
the
municipal
conflict
of
interest
act?
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Good
morning,
mr.
chair
members
of
committee,
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
just
to
highlight
some
key
aspects
of
the
housing
now
initiative
and
the
report
that's
before
you
today
and
I
know.
In
the
interest
of
time.
I
won't
speak
in
detail
to
the
slides,
but
before
I
start
I
do
want
to
thank
and
recognize
a
number
of
staff
across
multiple
program
areas
that
have
come
together.
C
Work
collaboratively
together
in
order
to
make
this
initiative
and
this
report
a
possible
starting
with
staff
from
the
affordable
housing
office
from
planning,
create,
heal,
real
estate,
legal
shelter,
support
and
Housing
Finance
building
engineering
and
construction
and
I
hope.
I
haven't
meant
missed
anyone,
but
it
really
has
been
a
collaborative
city
effort.
C
So
you'll
recall
that
in
December,
Council
approved
the
housing
now
initiative
to
scale
up
the
city's
efforts
to
increase
the
supply
of
affordable
housing
by
leveraging
11
city
surplus
properties
to
create
affordable
housing
across
mixed-income
transit-oriented
complete
communities.
So
the
report
before
you
today
presents
an
action
plan
that
will
enable
us
to
move
forward
and
roll
out.
This
important
initiative
and
you'll
also
recall
that
in
December,
council
approved
a
number
of
principles
to
help
guide
this
initiative
forward.
C
Those
principles
focused
on
trying
to
derive
the
highest
possible
public
benefit
from
the
site's
optimizing
development,
with
a
mix
of
unit
types
and
sizes,
creating
affordability
across
a
diverse
range
of
income
levels
addressing
and
appropriately
accommodating
any
city.
Existing
city
uses
or
operations
prioritizing
the
public
protect
retention
of
these
lands
and
a
strong
commitment
to
public
consultation
and
engagement
in
the
planning
and
development
of
the
properties.
So
I'm
now
going
to
quickly
walk
you
through
the
action
plan
and
we're
going
to
start
by
quickly
reviewing
the
proposed
the
recommended,
affordable
housing
program
for
the
sites.
C
So
in
total,
the
development
across
all
the
sites
will
generate
approximately
10,000
new
residential
homes.
Two-Thirds
of
those
homes
are
going
to
be
purpose-built
rental
and
at
least
half
of
those
purpose-built
rentals
will
be
affordable.
Rental
and
by
affordable
I
mean
that
the
average
rent
will
not
exceed
80%
of
average
market
rent,
and
that
is
as
determined
by
C
CMHC
each
year
and
at
least
10%
of
the
units
will
be
rented
at
40%
of
average
market.
Deeper
affordability
can
also
be
achieved
by
leveraging
the
city's
housing
allowance,
rents,
ups
and
other
housing
benefits.
C
There's
going
to
be
a
range
of
units
that
are
going
to
be
required
from
one
bedrooms,
two
bedrooms
and
three
bedrooms,
plus
at
least
20%
of
units,
will
be
accessible.
As
I
mentioned,
the
focus
is
going
to
be
on
retaining
the
lands
through
long-term
leases
projects
are
going
to
be
required
to
meet
Toronto's
green
standards.
C
All
of
the
affordable
housing
components
for
any
of
the
developments
will
be
prioritized
within
the
development
schedule,
with
affordable
housing
being
spread
throughout
the
development,
and
this
report
does
recommend
that
the
city
use
and
approve
its
open
door
incentives
in
order
to
help
support
the
the
reaching
of
our
affordable
housing
targets
across
these
sites.
In
terms
of
delivery,
each
of
the
states
is
going
to
go
through
a
stage
gate
process
and
that's
to
ensure
proper
oversight
and
accountability.
C
Starting
with
a
due
diligence
review,
the
development
of
a
business
case
for
each
of
the
properties
and
those
business
cases,
it's
recommended
be
approved
by
the
deputy
city
manager,
the
CFO
and
treasure,
and
the
create
tio
board.
We're
then
going
to
move
once
those
business
cases
are
finalized,
move
to
the
market,
offering
that
market
offering
will
also
include
the
evaluation
of
all
the
bids
that
come
in
and
the
wording
and
negotiating
of
the
contract.
The
final
stage,
of
course,
is
going
to
be
construction
and
delivery
and
then
to
ensure
an
expedited
process
throughout.
C
The
report
is
recommending
that
we
delegate
certain
real
estate
decisions
for
approval
by
senior
management
to
manage
and
coordinate
the
planning
and
implementation
of
the
program
we
will
be
establishing
if
the
report
has
approved
a
housing
Secretariat
that
will
be
headed
up
by
an
executive
director,
supported
by
a
dedicated
team
of
staff
across
multiple
areas,
planning,
legal,
creative
and
sshh.
C
C
That
needs
to
be
done
so
that
we
can
ready
those
properties
for
market
that
due
diligence
work
and
this
initial
20
million
will
also
fund
the
temporary
positions
I
mentioned,
as
well
as
establishing
a
not
nonprofit
housing
capacity
fund
and
that's
to
help
the
nonprofit's
ability
to
participate
on
this
initiative.
The
housing
now
a
program
as
I
mentioned,
to
support
the
development
of
3,700,
affordable
rentals.
C
We
are
recommending
the
city,
both
cities
open
door,
incentives
that
represents
a
total
investment
of
two
hundred
and
eighty
million
dollars
over
the
99
year
affordability
period
and
then
any
additional
operating
or
transactional
costs
that
might
occur
are
going
to
be
considered
through
future
budgets.
With
the
costs
offset
by
the
revenues
that
are
generated
through
the
land
transactions
and,
of
course,
we
will
be
leveraging
to
the
full
extent
possible
any
federal
funding
or
financing
programs
that
are
available.
Largely
through
the
National
Housing
Strategy,
so
here
you
have
the
11
sites.
C
You'll,
see
they're
scattered
across
the
transit
corridors
combined.
Those
11
sites
represent
over
40
acres
of
land,
the
development
of
which
generates
4.2
billion
in
construction
activity
and
over
13,000
person
years
of
employment.
In
terms
of
next
steps,
they
span
over
a
number
of
years
in
2019
business
cases
will
be
well
underway.
They
should
be
completed
by
2020.
We
anticipates
four
sites
going
to
market
in
2019
and
the
remaining
seven
in
2020
by
2021
construction
will
be
underway,
and
completion
and
occupancy
is
targeted
between
2022
and
2024.
C
Now
you
have
to
keep
in
mind
that
housing
now
is
only
one
of
the
programs
and
initiatives
that
allows
us
as
a
city
to
scale
up
our
efforts
to
bring
on
new,
affordable
housing
to
the
market
staff
are
currently
in
the
process
of
developing
a
new
housing
opportunities
plan
or
housing
plan.
Our
current
plan
expires
of
this
year
and
for
2020
to
2030
will
be
bringing
four
a
rapport
with
our
full
recommendations
to
this
council
in
the
fall.
C
So
the
updated
housing
plan
is
going
to
leverage
a
number
of
programs
and
approaches
in
order
to
intensive
incentivize
the
development
of
affordable
housing
to
help
us
achieve
our
housing
targets,
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
them
all.
They
are
listed
on
this
slide,
but
keep
in
mind
that,
as
we
continue
to
finalize
our
plan-
and
we
continue
to
with
our
consultations
with
stakeholder,
other
ideas
might
come
forward
in
terms
of
how
we
might
be
able
to
spur
the
development
of
affordable
housing.
A
You
we
will
hold
questions
until
we
finish
hearing
from
the
deputies
who
said
all
right:
we're
gonna
go
to
the
deputies,
but
first
councillor
Thompson.
It
will
is
moving
that
speakers
who
have
not
pre
registered
be
allowed
to
register
to
speak
until
10:30
after
which
no
further
registration
is
allowed
and
the
speaker's
list
will
be
closed.
All
those
in
favor
opposed,
that's
carried,
so
we're
gonna
go
the
speaker's
list
right
now
and
so
three
minutes
per
person.
A
If
you
haven't
been
here
before,
come
up
when
your
name
is
called,
you
left
three
minutes
and
then
members
will
ask
you
will
have
the
opportunity
to
ask
you
questions.
Unfortunately,
deputies
aren't
allowed
to
ask
the
committee
members
questions
and
then
we'll
we'll
work
through
the
list
that
way.
Well
after
that,
we'll
take
it
in
committee,
we'll
ask
questions
of
staff
and
then
we'll
deliberate
on
the
item
and
make
recommendations.
A
D
If
you
don't
mind,
I'm
gonna
stand
anyone
who's,
a
parent
knows
that
they
don't
sit
still
for
long,
so
I
appreciate
it,
and
if
I
can't
hear
please
let
me
know
in
the
back
so
yes,
thank
you
very
much.
My
name
is
Amy
slow,
tuck
I
am
a
lawyer
with
legal
aid.
Ontario
I
run
a
program
focused
entirely
on
providing
legal
support
to
Torontonians
who
are
homeless
and
facing
mental
health,
addictions
and
disabilities.
D
So,
as
I
mentioned,
I
provide
representation
to
homeless
clients
in
provincial
courts
who
are
facing
charges
in
relation
to
their
homelessness.
These
are
individuals
who
are
being
charged
for
sleeping
on
the
street
when
they
can't
find
a
bed
at
our
at
capacity
shelters.
These
are
individuals
who
are
asking
for
help
from
passerby,
and
these
are
individuals
who
are
setting
up
tents
in
tent
cities
when
they
have
nowhere
else
to
go,
and
let
me
tell
you
when
the
city
wants
to
prosecute
and
criminalize
homeless
people,
it
really
mobilizes
some
resources.
D
This
is
an
emergency
that
has
reached
such
a
critical
level
that
it
requires
a
coordinated
response
from
all
levels
of
government
I'm
also
here,
to
lend
my
support
to
those
who
are
calling
on
the
city
to
call
for
for
an
opioid
crisis,
so
I
visit
my
clients
and
shelters
on
the
streets
and
in
drop-in
centers
throughout
the
city.
The
conditions
in
the
shelter
system
are
unsafe,
inadequate
and
inhumane.
I
do
agree
with
you,
mr.
mayor,
when
I
say
that
we
can't
continue
to
expand
the
shelter
system
indefinitely.
D
Meritor
II
know
you've
noted
that
around
50
percent
of
homeless
residents
are
suffering
from
mental
health
and
addictions
issues.
This
may
be
true,
but
this
statement
devoid
of
context
is
very
dangerous.
It's
dangerous
because
it
could
lead
some
to
believe
that
those
living
on
the
streets
in
this
city
have
caused
their
own
demise.
This
statement
deflects
the
fact
that
it
is
actually
government
inaction.
Thank.
A
A
F
D
There
are
many
successful
models,
actually
none
of
which
are
included
in
the
housing
now
report
that
draw
that
actually
help
people
to
be
housed
and
not
return
to
the
street
housing
is
a
precondition
to
health
and
human
right.
So
this
plan,
for
example,
is
top-heavy.
It's
quite
bureaucratic.
It
falls
short
of
creating
truly
affordable
and
supporting
housing
options
for
the
most
marginal
marginalized
and
nice.
In
our
city
we
don't
need
to
allocate
housing
to
those
who
need
housing.
The
least
this
report
is
vague.
D
It
record
it
talks
about
the
requirement
of
participation
of
nonprofits
and
cooperations,
but
we
don't
call
cooperatives,
but
we
don't
need
vague
language.
I
would
also
say
out
concerns
about
the
fact
that
there
are
no
concrete
targets
revolving
the
involvement
of
nonprofits
cooperatives
and
there
are
actually
no
concrete
targets
when
we're
talking
about
units
for
homeless
people.
So
we
need
a
more
ambitious
plan.
A
Ok,
I
will
also
advise
members
of
committee
that
the
clapping
is
not
an
arrangement
that
is
generally
acceptable
and
that's
the
way
we
operate
in
here.
The
individuals
who
come
nor
regularly
already
know
that,
but
for
the
new
people,
hopefully
we
can
follow
those
same
rules,
so
the
next
deputy
is
yes,
oh.
A
Sure
do
you
FSR,
he
is
not
a
member
of
the
committee
but
permanent.
Ask
council
kreskis,
not
a
member
of
the
committee
said
non-member
ask
question:
just
wondered
whether
or
not
members
of
the
Kennedy
would
also
have
an
opportunity.
Yeah
I
have
known
I.
Have
no,
you
know,
but
you
were
going
to
go
to
the
next.
I
would
just
want
to
tell
ya
no
no
guests
of
the
committee.
Can
members
council
can
ask
questions
right?
It's
in
them:
yeah,
okay,
yes,
very
good,
Daphna,
Nussbaum!
No
I
had
questions
for.
A
G
C
H
Good
morning,
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
Toronto
Alliance
to
End
Homelessness,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
about
housing
now
initiative.
We
are
encouraged
by
the
steps
the
city
is
taking
towards
providing
opportunities
to
increase,
affordable
housing
development
and
are
pleased
to
be
back
working
with
you
in
the
entire
City
Council
on
ending
chronic
homelessness
in
Toronto.
It
is
important
to
note
that
we
are
in
a
better
place
than
a
year
ago,
with
respect
to
shelter,
support
and
emergency
services
for
those
experiencing
homelessness.
H
That
being
said,
entering
a
shelter
or
respite
is
not
possible
for
everyone
outside
and
homelessness
still
remains
a
crisis
in
the
city.
The
senseless
deaths
at
the
beginning
of
2019
of
two
women
experiencing
homelessness
crystal
Papineau
and
hang,
though,
along
with
the
shelters
and
respite
seeing
at
or
over
capacity
and
the
recent
cold
snap
further
highlights
the
urgent
need
for
more
deeply
affordable
and
supportive
housing
that
people
experiencing
homelessness
can
more
readily
access
to
make
this
a
reality.
H
H
The
intention
of
making
a
coordinated
submission
to
the
federal
national
housing
supply
co-investment
fund,
which
is
essential
to
set
up
a
city
as
a
key
local
enabler
and
facilitator
and
ensure
Toronto,
gets
a
share
these
critical
federal
resources.
Well,
these
are
all
welcome.
Housing
now
can
go
further
in
making
a
significant
dent
in
ending
chronic
homelessness.
To
that
effect,
we
have
the
following
recommendations:
allocate
a
portion
of
the
land
surplus
to
deeply
affordable
in
supportive
housing.
H
We
need
to
ensure
that
at
least
one-third
of
the
eleven
surplus
sites
are
allocated
for
deeply
affordable
in
supportive
housing
for
people
experiencing
chronic
homelessness,
because
most
people
experiencing
homelessness
in
Toronto
have
very
low
income.
A
mechanism
will
be
required
to
ensure
that
that
that
these
three
thousand-plus
targeted
units
are
affordable
for
this
population,
allocate
a
portion
of
the
national
housing
strategy
resources
to
build
and
are
create
housing
for
people
experiencing
chronic
homelessness
in
earlier
deputations
and
communications.
H
A
F
H
A
I
F
I
I'm
Joe
Dechaine
Smith
I'm,
with
Trillium
Housing
nonprofit.
We
call
ourselves
the
most
cost-effective
model
for
the
delivery
of
housing,
affordability
in
Canada
and
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
outcomes
using
a
former
surplus
city,
land
site
that
we're
currently
building
on
and
tell
you.
We
really
want
you
to
support
this
initiative
and
to
move
forward
with
the
11
sites.
We
think
real
low
housing
affordability
can
be
achieved
on
those
sites
and
you
should
do
it.
I
I
was
looking
at
the
staff
reports
and
the
occupations
of
folks
who
are
going
to
live
in
these
units:
dental
assistants,
social
worker,
secretary
security
guards,
early
childhood
education
registered
nurses,
auditors,
teachers.
Actually
those
are
the
names
of
people
who
are
purchasing
units
at
our
site,
a
surplus
city
site
here
in
Toronto
under
construction,
same
type
of
positions
as
who
are
going
to
be
housed
in
this
proposed
model
here,
but
using
an
ownership
model
that
Trillium
housing
has
initiated
over
the
last
two
years.
I
If
you
look
at
the
process,
we
bought
the
land
through
a
competitive
bid
process
against
for-profit
developers.
Trillium
Housing
nonprofit
is
putting
additional
support
into
housing,
affordability.
You
know,
over
and
above
what
the
city
is
providing
is
alone.
There
is
ZERO
grants
going
into
our
project.
It's
such
a
good
model,
I
believe
the
staff
that
build
FYEO
at
the
Toronto
at
the
time
wanted
to
do
to
replicate
it.
I
We
are
supporting
33
purchaser
families
at
our
project,
the
loop
with
Trillium
mortgages,
the
average
household
income,
is
66
thousand.
It's
a
62
unit
development,
so
we
achieved
over
50%
of
the
units
delivered
as
affordable
housing
to
the
families.
Those
Trillium
mortgages
work
out
to
about
$100,000
each.
It
saves
a
family
on
a
monthly
housing
cost
monthly
housing
costs
$500
a
month.
Put
it
into
your
mortgage
calculator.
You'll
see
that
outcome
is
there.
They
will
receive
a
share
of
the
equity
at
the
resale
point.
I
If
you
look
at
the
contribution
from
the
city,
there
are
loans
to
the
project
that
are
fully
secured,
that
convert
into
support
for
the
Trillium
mortgages
and
match
up
with
the
Trillium
housing
dollars
that
we're
putting
in
there
are
no
grants
provided
and
we're
achieving
outcomes
similar
to
what's
happening
with
the
rent
programs.
So
my
my
my
final,
like
my
ask
here
today,
is
please
proceed
with
the
sale
of
the
or
the
redevelopment
of
these
sites.
I
would
ask
that
you
consider
including
affordable
ownership
as
part
of
the
program.
I
Let
us
show
you
what
we
can
do
on
these
sites
to
deliver
housing
ownership,
housing
that
families
will
build
equity
in
that
is
similar
to
those
incomes
of
the
families
that
will
be
provided
rental
housing
at
a
much
higher
cost.
I'll.
Add
we
paid
full
DC's
and
charges,
2.5
million
dollars
in
in
DC's
and
charges
were
paid
to
the
city.
As
we
redevelop
the
site,
we
paid
market
value
for
the
land
over
three
million
dollars.
I
It
was
I,
think
less
than
1.5
million
dollars
in
city
loans
that
were
provided
to
the
project
and
federal
provincial
law
dollars.
I
should
acknowledge.
I
have
one
second,
that
the
province
supported
us
with
a
pilot
guarantee
on
this
project.
I'm
done
I'm,
sorry
I
went
over
and
staying
discuss
with
anyone
after
if
necessary.
Thank.
A
A
J
J
The
need
to
treat
the
situation
of
homelessness
in
Toronto
as
a
crisis
as
an
emergency
I
am
seeing
affordable
rental
units
being
eroded
day
by
day
as
market
rents
spiral
out
of
control,
as
people
are
evicted
from
units
which
had
been
affordable
by
means
which
are,
in
some
cases
frankly
illegal
as
housing
is
displaced
by
Airbnb
E's.
We
all
know
this
is
happening.
We
know
that
there
are
9,000
10,000
people
without
homes
in
Toronto
that
every
emergency
center
that
opens
is
packed
instantly.
We
all
know
this.
This
is
an
upstream
problem.
J
We
can't
solve
it
by
opening
more
and
more
domes.
We've
reached
the
point
where
we
have
to
campaign
to
allow
people
to
continue
sleeping
under
the
gardener.
We
have
to
solve
this
by
creating
rent
geared
to
income,
housing
and
transitional
and
affordable
housing,
and
those
were
words.
I
did
not
hear
a
single
time
in
the
presentation
by
city
staff
and
that
de-stresses
me.
We
talked
about
affordability
by
pinning
it
to
market
rent.
We
talked
about
affordability
as
80%
of
market
rent,
which
is
madness.
Even
40%
of
market
rent
increasingly
barely
equates
to
affordability.
J
I
didn't
hear,
rent
geared
to
income
a
single
time,
I
didn't
hear
supportive
housing.
I
didn't
hear
transitional
housing
80%
of
market
rent
as
affordable
housing
is
like
building
a
bridge.
20
percent
of
the
way
over
a
ravine
building
a
bridge,
40
percent
of
the
way
over
a
ravine
doesn't
actually
get
you
a
whole
lot
further.
J
We
we
need
to
talk
about
rent
geared
to
income
rather
than
linking
to
affordable
market
rent
as
a
affordable
market.
Rent
spirals
and
spirals
in
this
crazy
way.
It's
doing
we
need
to
talk
about
transitional
and
affordable
housing.
In
the
interim
we
need
a
minimum
of
two
thousand
shelter
beds
opened
immediately.
J
They
would
fill
up,
there's
no
question
they
would
fill
up.
We
need
supports
for
people
who
are
living
on
the
street
and
regarding
the
fact
that
fifty
percent
of
people
on
the
street
have
mental
health
and
addiction
issues.
If
you
lived
on
the
street,
you
would
have
mental
health
and
addiction
issues,
I'm,
astonished
it's
as
low
as
50
percent.
These
stresses
and
humiliations
of
being
without
housing
are
beyond
what
you
can
imagine
if
you
have
not
got
first-hand
experience
of
it
and
we
need
to
take
that
into
account
as
well.
I
am
at
three
minutes.
F
Thank
You
Maggie
I'm,
sorry
I'm,
not
your
local
councillor
anymore,
with
the
new
Ward's.
Okay,
thanks.
Okay,
you
mentioned
one
quote
you
mentioned
was
that
we
can't
solve
homelessness
by
opening
more
and
more
domes,
and
so
with
respect,
then
to
housing
now
and
city-owned
land.
What
would
you
like
to
see
in
these
properties
as
we
seek
to
provide
housing
opportunities
to
end
homelessness?
I
would.
J
F
J
As
long
as
it's
geared
to
average
market
rent,
an
average
market
rent
keeps
going
up,
and
up
and
up
40%
of
average
market
rent
has
the
potential
to
become
meaningless.
Well,
I
mean
we're
not
seeing
any
moderation
in
the
spinning
out
of
control
of
average
market
rent.
So
as
long
as
it's
tied
to
that
measure,
rather
than
being
described
as
rent
geared
to
income,
it
is
in
danger
of
also
becoming
unaffordable.
Also,
10%
is
a
pretty
tiny
amount.
Considering
the
housing
crisis
that's
facing
us,
10%
is
isn't
I.
K
J
K
One
of
the
things
that
the
renter
geared
to
income
had
a
very
high
subsidy
from
province
and
the
federal
government
correctly
you're,
aware
of
that,
the
rental
geared
to
income
system
has
a
very
high
subsidy
from
provincial
and
federal
government.
The
provincial
and
federal
government
are
moving
away
from
that
and,
for
example,
we're
having
a
housing
subsidy
that
is
being
that's
starting
next
year
that
can
be
stacked
into
these
programs.
K
So
you
could
have
somebody
living
in
one
of
these
affordable
units
and
receiving
the
housing
benefit
that
comes
from
the
federal
government
is
just
the
system
that
is
being
in
place,
so
this
new,
these
new
projects
are
also
managing
to
work
with
the
new
realities
that
were
provided
to
us
by
the
provincial
and
federal
government.
Are
you
aware,
I.
J
Am
I
am
aware
of
this
I.
Do
not
think
that
this
is
addressing
the
situation
in
Toronto
and
the
magnitude.
The
housing
crisis
in
Toronto
I
understand
that
you
are
dealing
with
a
very
difficult
situation
with
the
provincial
government
and
I
understand
that
the
federal
government
is
not
stepping
up
to
the
extent
that
we
would
like
to
see
and
I
am
perfectly
happy
to
assist
you
in
lobbying
the
provincial
and
federal
governments
for
more
help
with
housing
in
Toronto.
Thank
you
and.
K
L
L
Addressing
more
of
the
comment
of
the
first
deputy
that
I
heard
when
I
came
in
the
room
more
so
than
yourself,
but
I've
raised
it
I
think
and
I
hope,
you'll
agree
without
exception
within
the
context
of
compassion
and
the
need
to
raise
awareness
of
this
fact,
because
it
is
an
important
part
of
solving
the
problem,
which
is
we
don't
just
need.
We
don't
just
need
an
affordable
housing
unit
for
the
people
who
are
suffering
from
mental
illness
and
addiction.
L
We
need
supportive
housing
for
them
and
that
I'm
trying
to
make
the
point
that,
within
the
context
of
the
issue
that
you
talked
about
in
broad
terms,
there
are
different
components
of
it
for
different
people
and
that
I
think
that
necessitates
unless
you
have
a
better
advice.
Continuing
to
talk
about
half
the
people
we're
dealing
with
here.
Let's
say
our
people
that
have
special
needs
not
just
for
a
housing
unit
but
for
a
housing
unit.
Plus
and
I.
Just
think.
L
If
we
don't
get
that
message
across
to
the
other
governments,
we
will
not
solve
the
problem
of
those
people,
most
importantly
in
terms
of
addressing
their
issues
in
the
in
that
context
of
housing,
but
I.
Just
if
you
had
other
advice
for
me,
I'm
asking
you
to
to
give
it
to
me,
because
I
intend
to
be
crusading
on
this
more
so
than
ever
before,
because
I
think
it's
a
huge
part
of
solving
the
problem.
J
J
L
I'll
certainly
acknowledge
that
I
guess,
just
in
the
remaining
time
do
you
have
any
advice?
I
mean
you
know
you
sort
of
find
yourself
in
a
situation
where,
if
you
don't
raise
it
people
say
you
don't
raise
it.
If
you
do
raise
it
they're
saying
we
can't
raise
it
in
that
context,
would
you
have
any
advice
for
me
as
to
how
you
know
if
you
were
to
be
articulating
this
as
I
have
a
intense
desire
to
do
as
well
as
a
responsibility
to
do
as
mayor
to
the
federal
government
and
to
the
public?
If.
J
J
Use
the
phrase,
those
people
if
we
could
really
stay
away
from
language
like
those
people,
if
we
could
stay
away
from
language
that
stigmatizes
that
others
that
makes
people
experiencing
homelessness
or
people
experiencing
mental
illness
seem
like
people
different
from
us.
I
feel
confident.
A
lot
of
people
in
this
room
have
dealt
with
mental
health
challenges.
It's
very
common
in
in
the
society
in
general,
fair.
L
M
Good
morning,
thank
you
and
welcome
back
everyone.
So,
mr.
mayor,
we
applaud
you
in
the
committee
and
council
for
bringing
this
initiative
forward.
It
takes
a
different.
It
precedes
a
different
way.
It
looks
at
a
best
use
rather
than
highest-valued
disposition
method,
which
is
more
results-oriented.
A
year
ago,
the
province
followed
your
open
door
initiative
and
and
did
an
RFP
for
the
West
Don
lands
and
the
ROVs
nur
Granville
sites.
M
This
again
follows
sort
of
on
the
heels
of
the
open
door
initiative,
which
we
think
is
a
very
good
program
with
lots
of
success,
all
governments,
their
ABCs
and
Crown
corporations,
own
significant
land
assets.
Perhaps
another
way
to
go
forward,
is
to
have
an
inventory
taken
of
all
these
land
assets,
including
their
current
and
future
potential
uses
as
a
way
to
compile
a
list
of
the
next
set
of
sites
for
housing.
Now
we
would
love
to
build
more
rental
housing
if
we
could
the
land
the
cost
of
land
acquisition
is
probably
the
biggest
impediment.
M
There's
also
some
very
big
challenges
on
zoning
in
terms
of
time
and
ability
to
get
zoning.
This
program
provides
land.
The
land
comes
pre
zoned,
as
I
as
I,
think
it's
gonna
happen,
and
it's
going
to
also
create
a
Housing
Secretariat
to
make
things
a
lot
faster.
So
the
combination
of
land,
zoning
and
speed
are
probably
the
three
biggest
factors
affecting
our
inability
to
build
rental
housing.
So
the
report
recognizes
the
urgency
in
providing
housing
quickly
and
provides
a
list
of
recommendations
to
make
that
happen.
M
I
Thank
You
deputy
city
manager,
mayor
when
it
comes
to
the
Apartment
Association,
what
many
of
us
look
to
our
rent
supplement
agreements
and
the
willingness
of
owners
to
execute
their
those
further
tenants?
Can
you
just
talk
for
a
minute
we're
getting
some
resistance
at
the
local
level
about
the
willingness
to
execute
rent
supplement
agreements
and
wondering
whether
your
association
supports
them
can
encourage
them
can
expedite
them?
We.
M
M
So
so
the
way
it
works
is
a
tenant
would
move
in
with
with
a
rent
supplement
and
the
city
would
would
send
part
of
the
rent
directly
to
the
to
the
landlord
and
the
tenant
would
pay
the
balance
when
that
tenant
leaves.
Then
the
market
the
unit
just
becomes
vacant.
We,
presumably
we
could
go
back
to
the
city
and
say
we
have
a
vacant
unit.
Do
you
have
somebody
else
that
wants
it?
I,
don't
know
what
the
arrangement?
Typically,
we
don't
now.
I
You
mentioned
that
it's
her
during
her
to
build
bricks
and
mortar
purpose-built,
rental
and
I
understand
that
in
in
a
city
where
land
values
are
very
expensive.
But
what
we're
getting
at
least
in
the
inner
suburbs
is
more
applications
for
infill
on
existing
large
sites,
where
there's
been
apartment,
building
standing
there
for
decades
and
they're
finally
building
units
units
there
are
you
encouraging
your
membership
to
build
on
those
those
infill
sites
or
or
is
that
sort
of
a
neutral
policy?
Absolutely.
M
We
encourage
them
to
build
on
the
infill
where
the
land
is
essentially
at
zero
cost.
We
just
spent
lots
of
time
and
effort
at
the
OMB
or
l-pad,
as
it's
called
now
challenging
the
city's
OPA
320,
which
put
up
more
restrictions
on
infill,
so
we
got
some
mediated
concessions
from
the
city,
but
but
that's
one
of
the
zoning
challenges.
The
the
OPA
320
that
the
city
adopted
a
year
ago
in
April
makes
it
even
more
difficult.
So
we
haven't
been
doing
a
lot
of
infill,
even
at
land
cost
being
zero.
I
M
Absolutely
so,
there
are
a
lot
of
units
that
are
occupied
by
people
that
would
have
been
a
healthier
market.
Housing
market
would
have
moved
up
and
out
of
those
units
to
make
them
available
for
new
families,
immigrants
and
people
of
lower
income,
but
they
stay
where
they
are
because
there's
nowhere
to
go
so
any
input
into
the
system.
More
units
at
any
price
point
frees
up
the
existing
units
that
are
occupied.
Okay,.
L
If
I
had
to
ask
you
to
name
one
thing
and
we
get
put
put
into
these
positions
all
the
time
to
name
the
one
thing
when
you
went
back
to
the
sort
of
challenges
of
approval,
because
that's
a
big
thing
that
stands,
you
know
in
front
of
us
as
a
challenge
to
get
these
units
on
stream
as
soon
as
possible.
You
get
to
name
the
one
thing
or
the
one
area
that
requires
the
most
attention
on
our
part
to
move
forward
the
approval
of
purpose-built
rental,
including
affordable.
What
would
it
be
the.
L
M
L
O
M
P
M
Employment
lands,
2009's
are
another
opportunity.
We
know
there
are
a
lot
of
industrial
sites
where
industry
is
just
not
coming
back
right,
so
they
need
to
be
rezone
when
you
rezone
them.
If,
if
you
consider
higher
density
or
specific
use
like
purpose-built
rental,
that
would
certainly
help
to
expedite.
A
P
P
Good
morning,
good
morning,
my
name
is
gene.
Stevenson
I
am
here
on
behalf
of
the
Toronto
Alliance
general
homelessness,
I'm
on
the
tah
steering
committee
and
I.
Am
the
executive
director
of
Madison
Community
Services
Madison
is
a
community
based
nonprofit
agency,
which
serves
individuals
with
mental
health
and
addiction
challenges
our
services,
like
many
other
supportive
housing
organizations,
include
supportive
housing
with
wraparound
case
management,
supports
our
clients,
all
live
below
the
poverty
line,
most
receiving
Ontario
disability,
shelter,
allowances
of
the
grandson
of
four
hundred
and
eighty
nine
dollars
a
month
for
housing.
P
My
colleagues
from
the
Toronto
line,
Stan
homelessness,
both
Daphna
who's,
already
spoken
and
Brian
Davis,
is
soon
to
come,
will
speak
in
support
of
the
housing
now
initiative,
but
with
very
specific
recommendations
for
making
it
stronger
and
much
more
focused
on
supporting
and
partnering
with
the
nonprofit
housing
and
supportive
housing
sectors
to
focus
this
initiative.
This
specific
initiative,
the
first
of
hopefully
many
to
come
on
homelessness
on
ending
homelessness.
What
I
would
like
to
add
to
what
my
colleagues
are
putting
forward,
and
others
have
so
eloquently
put
forward
as
well?
P
Is
I'd
like
to
use
this
as
the
opportunity
to
remind
the
executive
committee
that
what
the
eh-eh-eh
is
recommending
is
in
fact
a
best
practice
in
other
countries
around
the
world,
other
parts
of
Canada
and
it
had
been
and
an
exemplar
of
best
practice
in
the
mid
70s,
80s
and
90s.
It's
not
that
it
didn't
happen
or
that
it
can't
happen
it
can,
and
hopefully
it
will
be
in
Canada,
though
I
wanted
to
put
forward
a
shining
example
of
one
recent
best
practice
in
addressing
homelessness
recently
carried
out
by
the
city
of
Vancouver.
P
P
F
To
see
you
again
June
so
in
terms
of
the
housing
now
and
looking
to
best
case
examples
elsewhere,
including
in
Canada,
do
I
understand
you
correctly.
You
talked
about
the
importance
of
the
nonprofit
sector
and
supportive
housing
in
both
of
those
areas.
Where
should
we
be
looking
to
strengthen
this
report?
I
would.
P
Say
in
terms
of
as
I
say,
the
Toronto
Alliance
has
a
number
of
very
specific
recommendations,
but
what
I
would
say
is
is
that
a
key
element
will
be
and
that's
the
way
it
was
in.
The
70s
80s
and
90s
in
Toronto
was
to
really
look
at
the
nonprofit
and
the
supportive
housing
sectors
as
partners
in
the
process
and
and
to
actually
make
a
very
much
higher
percentage,
we're
putting
forward
one-third
of
the
housing
nav
initiative
to
be
dedicated
to
so.
F
P
We
have
a
stock
of
that
already
in
Toronto,
but
they're
all
filled
up
to
the
brim,
and
we
need
to
be
adding
a
lot
more,
but
that's
a
one
of
a
quite
a
number
of
important
reasons
why
the
city
should
be
focusing
on
recognizing
that
this
is
an
important
thing
that
should
be
thought
about.
We
want
to
keep
this
in
the
public
realm,
so.
P
A
A
Q
P
I
was
just
also
gonna
suggest
that
the
the
in
line
with
best
practices,
please
hark
back
to
and
maybe
pull
out
the
files
on
the
creation
of
the
st.
Lawrence
neighborhood,
because
that
was
a
classic
example.
57
percent
of
the
housing
built
in
the
st.
Lawrence
neighborhood
was
allocated
to
nonprofit
nonprofit
housing,
cooperatives,
municipal
private,
you
know,
etc,
and
that
has
worked
very
very
well.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
Mister.
N
Good
morning-
and
thank
you
very
much-
my
name
is
Mathew
Calloway,
formerly
member
of
parliament
for
beaches,
East,
York,
formerly
chair
of
the
out
of
the
coal
program
at
st.
Aidan's
and
the
beach
formerly
many
things,
but
here
this
morning
to
do
my
best
to
impress
upon
you
the
enormity
of
the
housing
issue
that
we
have
in
this
city
and
to
urge
you
to
reconsider
the
initiative
before
you
and
I'm,
suggesting
to
you
that
the
housing
now
initiative
is
an
insufficient
response
to
the
problem
that
we
have.
N
We
know
this
housing
problem
by
way
of
the
numbers,
and
we
know
that
this
problem
has
been
at
least
a
generation
in
the
making,
starting
with
the
federal
government,
saying
we're
not
doing
housing
anymore,
followed
immediately
by
a
provincial
government.
That's
not
us
either
over
to
you
cities,
but
we're
here
too,
because
our
city
didn't
accept
responsibility
either
and
the
result
is
not
just
a
housing
crisis
but
a
homelessness
crisis
too
one
that
has
overwhelmed
clearly
our
shelter
system.
N
The
90%
capacity
standards
set
by
the
city
and
in
place
for
over
15
years
is
night
after
night
exceeded
by
a
long
shot.
These
days,
nearly
7,000
people
seek
shelter
in
that
system
and
we
have
been
so
inattentive
to
the
housing
question
in
this
city
that,
in
lair
of
emergency
emergency
sheltering
has
been
added
to
the
system.
N
So
it
remains
not
just
a
crisis,
but
now
something
deeper
something
deadly
or
for
some
time
now
about
two
people.
Every
week
on
average,
have
been
dying
in
this
city
because
they're
homeless.
This
is
a
tragedy
that
this
month
took
a
grotesque
turn
with
the
deaths,
deaths
of
Krystle
Papineau
trapped
in
the
mouth
of
clothing
bin
until
she
died
there
with
the
death
of
Hanko
crushed
by
a
garbage
truck,
while
asleep
on
it
great
and
so
pleased
when
this
matter
become
comes
before.
N
Council
declare
this
the
emergency
that
it
is
because
we
need
immediately
to
fast-track
the
remaining
sprung
structures
and
reduce
overcrowding
in
our
shelter
system,
increase
outreach
and
to
fund
and
provide
overdose
prevention
sites
and
measures,
and
in
so
declaring
this
an
emergency
engage.
Other
levels
of
government
in
this
housing
now
initiative
to
ensure
that
it
is
properly
responsive
to
the
depth
and
urgency
of
this
issue
and
that
more
than
anything
else
entails
using
all
11
available
city
sites
for
deeply
affordable
rental.
N
We
need
supportive
housing
for
the
14,000
Toronto
residents
living
with
serious
and
persistent
mental
health
challenges.
We
need
rent
gear
to
income
accommodation
for
rent
according
to
a
measure
of
affordability
that
is
meaningful
and
helpful
in
the
context
of
a
city
that
is
in
the
midst
of
a
housing
crisis,
a
homelessness
crisis
and
by
any
reasonable
assessment.
A
humanitarian
catastrophe.
Thank.
A
I
Th
commands
the
housing
now
initiative
as
a
big
and
bold
step,
for
we
need
this
opportunity
and
the
accompanying
additional
funding
to
actually
build
a
solid
exit
strategy
at
the
scale
to
match
the
emergency
we
have
outside
these
walls.
To
this
end,
regarding
the
targeted
portion
of
deeply
affordable
units,
we
believe
the
city
is
missing
a
great
opportunity
to
target
a
full
one-third
of
these
10,000
units
to
those
who
experience
chronic
homelessness.
I
want
to
ask
why
this
report
doesn't
even
mention
supportive
housing.
I
I
So
we
believe
that
this
is
achievable
on
a
number
of
fronts.
As
counsel
Allah
spoke
about
stacking
operational
capital
funding
from
other
programs,
we
know
that
the
National
Housing
Strategy
is
actually
targeting
ending
homelessness
across
Canada,
seek
partnerships
with
the
Ministry
of
Health
and
health
service
providers
like
ourselves
and
others
who
are
part
of
tah
to
provide
rent
supplements,
as
well
as
support
dollars
in
concert
with
local
health
integrated
networks.
I
Some
of
you
may
know
that
some
of
us
are
sitting
on
rent
supplements
that
we
can't
use,
because
the
vacancy
rate
in
City
of
Toronto
is
is
so
incredibly
low.
We
also
at
that
point
where,
because
of
exorbitant
prices,
we're
actually
losing
muscle
health
rent
supplement
units
because
of
the
the
market
trends.
I
Finally,
we
were
strongly
recommend
a
stronger
preference
to
mission-driven
nonprofit
housing
providers,
which
have
the
expertise
in
fostering
inclusive
and
integrated
communities.
This
will
ensure
that
affordable
housing
units
are
a
secured
and
perpetuity
B.
We're
able
to
select
support
up
and
down
as
a
need
arises
for
the
folks
that
live
there
and
C
conduct
landlord
functions
in
a
manner
that
maximizing
maximizes
housing
stability.
Thank.
I
F
I
Really
quickly,
the
the
new
planning
and
Housing
Committee,
the
the
role
of
the
Housing
Secretariat
I,
think
this
is
an
opportunity
as
council
about
said,
to
have
a
fresh
approach
at
about
how
we
look
at
expanding
supportive
and
nonprofit
housing
in
the
City
of
Toronto.
A
number
of
us
are
sitting
on
nonprofit
lands
that
could
be
nude
and
expanded,
and
we
need
to.
We
need
to
look
at
creating
the
moving
the
annual
open
door
into
a
revolving
door
and
start
fast
tracking
approval
process,
as
Jean
spoke
about,
can.
F
I
follow
up
with
a
question
on
that,
so
nada
is
the
Alliance,
but
in
house
link
you're
a
supportive
housing
provider.
Traditionally
when
it
comes
to
supportive
housing,
this
is
being
administered
by
the
city
in
many
ways
but
funded
through
the
province
and
so
I
guess.
The
question
here:
I
have
not
not
that
we
should
ever
stop
our
advocacy
for
provincial
support,
but
if
we
don't
have
a
provincial
partner,
does
the
city
in
the
federal
government
need
to
fill
that
void?
Yes,.
O
Recently,
not
so
recently,
you've
given
the
city
an
idea
of
one
of
the
issues
that
supportive
housing
providers
have
when
they
have
in
buildings,
currently
existing,
and
then
they,
you
have
men,
mostly
in
your
building
aging
and
they're,
unable
to
do
the
walk
up
that
previously
had
sustained
them
or
been
sufficient
for
them.
So
this
is
a
just
an
issue
of
now.
What
do
we
do
with
elderly
who
are
in
your
supportive
housing
units?
O
I
O
So
I
guess
this
is
the
housing
plan
in
front
of
us.
The
housing
now
plan.
But
this
is
just
the
beginning
of
a
much
larger
look
at
what's
necessary
and
would
you
flag
for
us
that
for
supportive
housing
we
have
to
take
into
account
the
buildings
that
don't
have
elevators
that
currently
exist,
the
populations
that
are
aging,
who
will
have
nowhere
to
go
if
they
can't
walk
up
a
number
of
sites?
I
That's
what
I'm,
hoping
that
this,
the
new
staffing
rules
will
be
able
to
help
Shepherd
nonprofits
like
ourselves,
mainstay
there's
a
number
of
us
who
have
significant
capital
in
the
downtown
core
that
we
can
look
at
leveraging,
intensifying
and
and
but
Shepherd.
Those
through
the
application
process
make
sure
that
the
open
door
program
doesn't
create
a
barrier.
What
I've
been
told
by
staff
is
out
of
favors
the
for-profit
sector.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
the
nonprofit
sector
is
is
there
for
all
the
reasons
that
I
stated
earlier
and.
A
K
I
K
So,
through
this
open
door
through
this
this
program,
what
you're
asking
us
is
to
assist
with
creating
the
bricks
and
mortar
part
of
it,
because
you
feel
comfortable
that
you're
gonna
get
your
operation
dollars
from
the
Ministry
of
Health
or
you
need
us
to
work
together
to
advocate
for
that
as
well.
Well,.
C
K
I
mean
we
talk
about
supportive
housing,
but
the
bulk
of
the
funding
comes
from
the
Ministry
of
Health,
as
it
is
right
now.
So
what
we
need
to
do
is
what
I
was
talking
about.
It's
understand
that
there's
new
realities
and
new
tools
coming
housing
benefits,
Ministry
of
Health
and
so
on,
and
we
need
to
work
closely
closer
with
the
sector
to
make
sure
we're
targeting
the
individuals
that
need
it
the
most
using
what
we
have
available
to
us
and.
K
A
Councillor
baile
could
I
just
add
I.
Think
if
we're
I
think
if
there's
alignment
that
we
have
a
homelessness
issue
and
housing
is
a
key
part
of
the
solution
to
that
are
our
starting
point
on
the
alliance,
as
you've
heard
a
few
times
is
to
allocate
a
third
of
the
unit's
to
people
experiencing
chronic
homelessness
and
I
think
coming
together
around.
That
means
we
can't
get
something
for
nothing.
A
Certainly
the
Toronto
Alliance
on
the
Health
funded
providers,
we're
absolutely
prepared
and
ready
to
engage
with
the
city
and
I
think
that
includes
engaging
with
the
city
on
the
site-by-site
business
case,
development
to
maximize
the
number
of
supportive
housing
units
that
can
be
created,
the
other.
The
other
really
concrete
kind
of
recommendation
I
would
make.
Is
it's?
Let's
not
look
to
recoup
costs
in
the
transactions
these.
A
K
And
do
you
think
it
was
an
important
step
to
put
that
million
dollars
here
to
actually
assist
the
nonprofit
than
the
co-op
sector
to
work
with
us
on
this
size,
because
we
do
realize
that
we
need
to
actually
take
this
opportunity
not
only
to
work
closely
with
the
sector
but
actually
strengthen
the
sector.
Using
these
tools,
we.
A
K
K
R
Going
to
start
to
sing
the
same
song
that
Aiken
has
been
singing
for
a
while
some
years
now
so
I
told
you,
my
name
is
Alejandra
Ruiz
and
forgot
to
say
hi
to
everybody.
How
are
you
ok,
so
my
name
is
Alejandra
reason:
I
represent
a
co-equal
is
an
organization
that
fight
for
social
change.
We
are
low
income
and
modulated
income
people.
When
we
heard
about
this
housing
now
initiative,
hop
thermometer
went
to
a
roof.
R
When
we
start
to
read
it
a
little
bit
more
further.
We
noticed
our
hopes
when
low
again
housing.
No
initiative
is
okay,
but
it
can
be,
but
it's
no
good
enough.
I
echo
knows
that
the
city
can
do
better
and
she'll
do
better.
Td,
personal,
affordable
housing
and
the
11
lands
is
no
enough
in
a
city
that
last
year
in
June
was
considered
a
feat,
most
unaffordable
city
in
the
whole
wide
world.
R
The
affordability
period
is
not
too
clear
and
in
the
report
there
are
some
pieces
that
are
difficult
to
understand.
The
fees
incentives
for
developers
are
too
high
to
receive
to
receive
too
little
from
the
real
Toronto
Community
Housing.
As
everybody
knows
in
this
room,
or
did
you
know
we
telling
you
that
at
100
people,
100
household
in
the
waiting
list
and
the
housing
waiting
lists,
so
why
the
city
always
invites
us
to
a
party
but
always
get
us
there?
Small
slice
of
cake?
R
Why
always
housing
is
has
to
be
sacrifice?
I
know
that
you
have
good
intentions
by.
We
can
live
more
from
good
intentions
anymore.
We
watch
the
city
to
raise
the
percentage
of
affordable
housing.
These
arrangements,
housing
to
the
housing
initiative
that
is
offering
is
now
affordable
for
low-income
and
moderate
income.
The
city
is
contributing
the
people
that
are
already
wealthy
become
more
wealthy
in
our
backs.
Five.
Four
last
slide:
you
can
fight
for
us
like
you
like,
we
are
your
family.
Thank
you.
So
much.
O
Question
hi
hi,
one
of
the
things
that
we've
realized
over
the
last
while
is
that
the
TC
HC
redevelopments,
which
there
are
about
five
or
six,
have
no
new,
affordable
housing
on
those
sites.
It's
simply
replacement.
Would
you
support
trying
to
have
a
different
balance
on
lands
that
are
owned
by
the
city
or
by
TC,
HC
and
obviously
the
end
end
owner
the
city?
Do
you
think
that's
good
enough
that
we
haven't
built
anything
new
over
the
last
10
years
on
those
lands?
Well,.
R
O
Any
any
land
owned
any
land
offered
that
have
land
we
should
assist
Toronto
Community
Housing
should
endeavor
to
not
replace
but
also
add
new
affordable,
and
we
have
these
11
sites
that
we're
going
to
move
out
on
the
40%
that
counselor
by
Lao
mentioned
540
a
month
is
pretty
close
to
an
rgi,
a
mountain
in
this
city.
Is
it
not
well.
R
S
Thank
You
mr.
chair
well,
I
may
some
people
may
call
me
a
grumpy
old
man,
but
I
am
a
social
justice
activists
who've
been
in
Toronto
over
55
years.
This
is
the
worst
damn
housing
emergency
and
mr.
mayor,
please
and
I:
ask
the
media
do
not
use
the
word
crisis,
it's
an
emergency
and
that
and
you
should
wake
up
to
the
fact
that
this
has
been
going
on
for
years.
It's
not
recent.
We
warned
you
those
of
us
who
are
activists.
We
warned
you
years
ago
that
there
would
be
an
emergency
Cathy,
crow,
berrak
German.
S
Another
activists
warned
you,
you
did
nothing.
You
sat
on
your
ass.
It
did
virtually
nothing
to
prevent
this.
So
you
know
what
just
a
few
facts.
Before
I
read
my
rent.
There
are
10,
there
will
be
10,000
homeless
people
by
the
summer.
There
are
6,000
people,
at
least
in
shelters.
There
are
a
hundred
and
eighty
co-ops
in
47
coops
and
in
Toronto
and
Maggie
hell
walk
is
right.
We
need
rent
gear
to
income,
rent
gear,
to
an
income,
to
help
the
people
who
get
a
measly
500
or
more
bucks
from
Oh
ODSP.
S
It's
a
rant
inspired
by
Mayor
Tory
and
the
Toronto
City
Council.
Listen
up!
You
do
nothing.
Neoliberal
right-wing
hacks.
Surprise.
Surprise
were
in
the
hall,
we're
in
City
Hall
were
back
we're
back
councillors,
shout
Housing,
Strategy
poverty
reduction.
Another
lie
you
care
about
going
to
another
Bay
Street
function.
A
S
A
S
L
A
S
Thank
you.
Okay,
counselor
shut
housing
strategy,
poverty
reduction,
another
lie
you
care
more
about
going
to
another.
Bay
Street
function,
you,
but
you
don't
give
a
damn
about
housing,
the
homeless
and
poor,
and
you
just
care
about
another
pay
raise
for
sure
for
sure.
While
you
sit
on
your
fat
corporate
co-opted
ass,
you
ignore
our
issues.
You
take
a
pass.
You
refuse
to
name
the
housing
crisis
and
emergency
city.
Councilors
are
to
deaf
and
blind
to
see
the
emergency.
You
refuse
to
build
and
fund
more
shelters
and
housing.
More
condos
for
the
rich.
S
The
banks
will
cover
your
losses,
while
homeless
brothers
and
sisters
freeze
on
the
street.
You
your
your
thinking
on
the
next,
your
thinking
for
the
next
election,
who
to
be
the
homeless,
poor,
disabled
psychiatrist,
black
in
ditches,
we're
pissed
off
from
not
being
treated
is
not
one
of
us.
You
once
promised
1,000
more
shelter,
beds,
1,000,
more
shelter,
bed.
Remember
that's
what
you
said.
That's
what
you
said,
and
we
know
your
words.
Our
token
promises
broken
promises.
S
You
won't
open
up:
Moss,
Park
and
Fort
York
armories
on
premises
thanks.
Oh
cap,
protests
of
people's
of
real
resistance
were
your
worst
nightmare.
Your
public
resistance,
6,000
homeless,
hungry
poor
from
psychiatrist,
a
street
army
on
the
march
no
longer
marginalized,
marching
listening
to
drums,
beating
and
pounding
shouting
chanting,
demanding,
empowering
housing,
not
shelters,
housing,
not
shelters,
no
more
homeless
and
deaths,
no
more
homeless,
death,
listen
up,
Tory
and
city
council.
Affordable
housing
is
a
human
right.
S
A
We're
gonna
move
on
to
our
next
step
in
and
I
just
want
to
caution.
Every
white
colleagues
reminded
me
I'm
in
this
first
tremor,
Council
you're
not
allowed
to
use
curse
words
in
this
committee,
they're
their
rules
and
decorum
and
I
know
he
was
using
his
I
think
artistic
license,
but
just
a
reminder
of
bad
language
is
not
allowed
in
this.
In
this
room
and
I'm
sure
Mary
knows
that.
E
A
E
Not
sure
I
can
follow
this
guy,
but
I'll
do
my
best.
First,
thank
you
for
taking
the
lead
and
creating
needed
rental
accommodation.
Thank
you
for
not
selling
the
11
properties
outright.
Thank
you
for
proposing
99-year
leases
instead
of
sell-offs.
Thank
you
for
wanting
to
kick-start
a
sustainable,
integrated
housing
program,
but
this
is
a
1/3
measure.
At
best
you
are
planning
to
create
over
10,000
units,
of
which
3,240
would
meet
your
definition
of
affordable
maximum
rent.
E
I
am
a
very
fortunate
port
person
because
I
live
in
a
two-bedroom
unit
in
a
co-op
I
pay
market
rent
that
is
less
than
CMHC
average.
We
have
over
two
hundred
units
and
half
my
neighbors
pay
an
rgi
rate.
I
don't
know
which
ones,
because
their
units
are
no
different,
not
cheaper,
finishes,
not
smaller
square
footage,
not
more
limited
access
to
our
gym
and
amenities.
We
have
the
most
up-to-date
energy-saving
lights,
toilets,
etc.
Art
market
rents
are
low
because
we
are
not
paying
an
owner.
Who
takes
this
cut
the
families
paying
our
g?
E
I
do
not
live
in
a
depressed
building.
Creating
depressed
people
coops
by
their
very
nature,
allow
for
more
than
just
affordable
housing.
They
allow
for
the
building
of
community
coops
have
resonant
boards
that
govern
them
in
all
members.
And
yes,
we
are
members,
not
just
residents,
have
final
say
on
rules
and
are
bent
on
budgets.
Members
are
expected
to
engage
with
members.
If
we
decide
if
someone
is
to
be
evicted,
we
decide
if
someone
is
to
be
evicted.
Are
they
perfect?
No,
they
are
not
intentional
communities
or
communes.
E
Some
people
treat
them
as
a
place
to
live
with
lower
rent
and
nothing
more.
We
need
more
co-ops,
we
are
building
co-op.
We
were
building
coops
created
through
partnerships
with
unions
and
churches
until
the
Harris
years.
There
was
some
talk
of
coops
in
the
last
but
Ontario
budget.
Somehow
I
guess
that's
not
at
the
top
of
this
government's
agenda.
This
proposal
is
not
bad,
but
its
second
or
third
best
yes,
maintain
tile,
create
tio,
should
retain
title
to
the
to
the
land.
Appreciation
of
land
value
should
remain
in
the
city's
hands.
E
You
want
the
cooperation
of
nonprofits
and
co-ops,
but
engage
them
not
as
purchasers,
but
its
partners
work
as
closely
as
possible,
with
premier
for
its
government,
give
it
the
old
college
boys,
try
and
the
old
boys
college
try
and
there's
a
no
letter
election
coming,
try
to
get
an
agreement
with
Trudeau's
government,
or
at
least
an
election
promise.
We
must
start
building
coops
again.
E
We
cannot
continue
to
attach
small
rgi
units
counts
to
projects
yes,
yay
for
wanting
more
rentals
yay
for
wanting
rentals
that
some
people
can
afford,
and
a
very
tiny
a
for
wanting
to
add
over
300
rgi
units
to
help
a
tiny
fraction
of
almost
ton
of
the
almost
a
hundred
thousand
active
applicants
for
social
housing
and
others.
I
will
do
my
part
to
encourage
the
federal
provincial
governments
to
build
a
foreigner,
affordable
housing.
You
must
do
yours.
Thank.
A
T
Good
morning
and
thank
you-
my
name
is
Keith
Johnstone
I'm,
a
family
doctor
from
Toronto
and
I'm
here
today
on
behalf
of
health
providers
against
poverty
and
also
as
part
of
the
broader
shelter
and
housing
justice
Network
here
today,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
as
healthcare
providers.
We
know
that
housing
is
a
key
social
determinants
of
health.
Life
expectancy
for
people
living
in
shelters
is
a
great
deal
shorter
than
that
of
the
general
population.
T
Thirteen
years
for
men
and
eight
for
women
in
Toronto
alone,
we
know
of
for
homeless
individuals
who
have
died
since
the
beginning
of
this
year.
For
each
of
these
people
there
are
countless
more
struggling
with
homelessness,
who
we
see
in
our
clinics,
emergency
rooms
and
hospital
wards.
The
toll
on
their
health
is
undeniable,
unjust
and
expensive
to
address
lack
of,
affordable
housing
has
reached
a
critical
point
in
this
city.
The
social
housing
waiting
list
is
already
enormous
and
continues
to
increase.
T
While
we
agree
with
Mara
Torre
that
improving
supports
for
people
with
mental
health
and
addictions,
issues
should
be
part
of
an
overall
strategy
to
address
the
housing
crisis.
We
also
want
to
point
out
that
homelessness
and
inadequate
housing
are
direct
contributors
to
these
very
issues.
It's
difficult
to
imagine
our
patients
addressing
their
mental
health
challenges
without
the
stability
and
safety
that
stable
housing
provides.
We
think
that
stable
housing
should
be
considered
a
first
priority
in
any
initiative
to
improve
mental
health.
T
T
Finally,
we
want
to
add
our
voice
to
those
calling
for
a
state
of
emergency
on
Toronto's
homelessness
situation.
Last
year,
we
released
a
report
showing
that
conditions
at
winter
respiratory
for
our
drop-ins
were
not
meeting
the
city's
own
standards
or
those
the
United
Nations
for
emergency
situations.
This
is
not
the
worst
of
it.
Many
others
are
turned
away
from
these
places
due
to
over
capacity
putting
them
in
even
riskier
conditions
in
sub-zero
temperatures.
T
E
You
good
morning
mr.
mayor
I
was
here
last
year
many
times
and
I
sat
across
for
you
from
you
and
beg
you
for
shelter,
more
shelter,
beds,
I.
Think
at
this
point,
staff
can
correct
me,
but
I
think
you
have
about
a
hundred
shelter
beds,
the
Davenport
opened
Monday
and
the
seniors
one
opened
before
Christmas.
E
The
city
has
not
responded,
as
you
know,
to
the
demand
for
shelter.
We
have
respite
centers
there.
They
are
proving
to
be
problematic.
As
you
know,
people
are
dying
in
the
street.
Our
crystal
died
two
weeks
ago
hung
veau,
I
died
in
that
garbage
truck
accident,
there's
been
a
homeless,
man
died
and
it's.
What
I
don't
understand
is
why
there
hasn't
been
an
rawrr
here
at
City
Hall
from
You.
Mr.
mayor,
why
haven't
you
got
the
feds
to
the
table?
Why
haven't
you
got
the
province
to
the
table?
E
There
was
not
one
peep
out
of
City
Hall
that
I
could
hear
when
our
people
died.
Both
crystal
unhung
are
longtime
users
of
the
shelter
system
and
they
died
on
the
bloody
Street
crystal
was
434
years
old,
a
woman
with
incredible
compassion
and
kindness
and
grace
and
had
difficulties
and
nobody
stepping
up
from
for
her
last
year.
I
was
here
as
a
newcomer
this
year,
I'm
here
with
bloody
despair
in
my
heart,
because
nobody's
doing
anything
I
still
can't
sleep
at
night,
I
see
crystals
face
every
night
when
I
put
my
head
down.
E
It's
not
an
exaggeration.
This
was
a
wonderful
woman
mourned.
We
had
a
memorial,
she
was
mourned
by
a
hundred,
and
fifty
people
came
to
sistering
residents
of
our
Dovercourt
community
businesses
that
got
to
know
her
because
she
was
on
the
street
and
nobody
here
is
doing
anything.
The
city's
answer
to
this
is
to
create
a
quality
assurance
division.
You've
got
a
whole
division.
Now
that
it's
going
around
to
sistering
to
other
places,
they
measure
the
temperature,
they
count
our
toilets,
they
count
our
seat
sinks.
E
This
started
last
spring
once
a
week
once
a
week
once
a
week.
Recently,
it's
every
two
weeks,
my
toilet
numbers,
don't
change
my
sink
numbers,
don't
change!
My
temperature
may
be
varies
by
one
or
two
degrees.
I
have
soap
in
the
bathroom,
so
I
have
toilet
paper.
Take
that
money
and
do
something
with
it
bill
fix
the
bloody
elevator
at
women's
res.
It's
been
broken
for
three
years.
We
have
seniors
sleeping
on
our
floor
that
can't
get
into
a
shelter
because
they're
not
accessible.
E
Women's
res
does
a
wonderful
job
with
sistering
women,
but
they
can't
get
there
because
they
can't
get
to
a
bed.
It's
so
long.
The
priorities
are
wrong:
you've
got
to
do
something
I'm
here
again,
begging
the
this
council
do
something
you
have
no
heart
anymore.
This
city
used
to
have
a
heart,
it
treated
people.
Well,
it
looked
after
people
in
the
last
several
years,
I
don't
see
it
and
it's
yeah.
Thank
you,
ma'am
my
time's
up.
I
Are
you
aware
that
summer,
in
the
vicinity
of
40%
of
those
in
our
various
shelters,
are
asylum
seekers
or
refugees?
Yes
and
I?
Guess
you
also
know
that
it's
clear
in
our
Constitution
that
immigration,
refugee
status,
Asylum
segi,
is
federal
jurisdiction,
I'm
wondering
whether
you've
taken
this
message
to
federal
counterparts
to
come
to
the
table
and
pay
their
fair
share.
Where's.
E
A
E
A
A
K
You
Patricia,
thank
you
and
thank
you
and
everybody
at
sistering
for
what
you
do.
I
live
around
the
corner
and
and
I
see
how
much
beyond
what
you
are
supposed
to
do.
Do
and
I
know
that
everybody
is
trying
their
best
to
serve
as
many
people
as
possible
and
and
to
keep
them
warm,
not
only
in
temperature
but
in
their
hearts
as
well.
So,
thank
you.
K
We
heard
from
people
saying
you
know,
shelters,
not
the
solution
and
I
agree.
You
know
I
often
say
if
we're
building
shelters
were
failing,
we
understand
that
housing.
We
need
the
housing
and
supportive
housing,
but
even
you
know
this
supportive
housing
in
this
housing.
It's
gonna
take
time
to
build
its.
We
need
that
bridge.
We
need
that
little
bridge
now,
because
we
have
this
crisis
in
our
in
our
hands
and
we
need
that
little
bridge.
What
tools
do
we
new?
Do
we
need
like
the
kind
of
women
that
you're
serving?
K
E
A
couple
of
short-term
things
and
I
have
to
say
some
of
you
were
here
last
year
when
former
councillor,
my
Havok
did
his
little
staircase,
starting
with
drop-in
shelters,
transitional
housing,
supportive
housing,
I
totally
support
what
he
was
saying.
Housing
allowances
that
we've
received
this
year
have
helped
us
how
sixty
women
that
were
sleeping
on
the
floor.
It's
just.
E
We
knew
this,
but
it's
it's
very
apparent-
is
that
we
have
to
have
a
couple
at
least
a
couple
of
small
housing
units,
east
and
west
for
women
with
really
significant,
complex
health
problems.
So
someone
like
crystal
and
and
a
number
of
the
women
that
we
serve
cannot
be
adequately
served
in
the
shelter
system
because
of
their
health
issues
and
they
come
to
sistering,
because
we
have
a
higher
tolerance
for
some
of
the
issues.
E
We
need
a
small,
maybe
eight
bedroom
house
in
the
West
and
one
in
the
East
for
people
with
the
most
complex
needs
where
we
can
be,
but
they
can
be
appropriately
staffed.
They
can
have
the
displayed
the
behaviors
that
they
display
in
their
own
room
until
they
can
deescalate
that
they
can
be
safe,
I
kept
safe,
warm
and
perhaps
get
some
help
for
their
problems.
These
are
the
people
that
the
system,
the
big
system,
does
not
serve.
Housing
doesn't
serve,
hospitals,
don't
serve.
O
E
O
E
Have
started
fund
where
our
board
actually
is
going
to
look
at
this
tonight.
We've
been
doing
a
tremendous
amount
of
fundraising.
We
actually
fundraise
money
this
year
to
build
to
build
three
more
showers.
That's
just
string,
no
city
money,
no
anybody
money,
fundraising
from
our
community,
because
we
had
one
shelter
for
80
people
or
one
yeah.
B
You
and
thanks
to
everyone
for
putting
together
the
housing
now
initiative,
but
I
am
also
someone
here
to
say
it's
not
an.
My
name
is
Reina
and
I'm
a
master
student
at
York,
University
and
I'm
doing
my
thesis
on
how
news
media
uses
language
to
further
stigmatize
people
who
are
poor,
so
I
do
know
that
language
has
power,
and
so
I'm
search
Hori
by
refusing
to
see
homelessness
as
a
state
of
emergency
you're,
letting
people
die
and
I
appreciate
that
you
are
here,
and
you
seem
to
be
listening
today,
which
I
really
appreciate.
B
However,
you
visit,
shelters
and
then
claim
to
know
what
the
causes
of
homelessness
are,
after
just
speaking,
to
a
few
people.
You
also
reference
the
inaccurate
and
a
terribly
framed
point
in
time
count
report
and
use
this
idea
of
mental
illness
as
a
as
a
major
cause,
but
again
I
hope
that
you
were
listening
to
the
other
deputies,
who
were
talking
today
from
the
canadian
observatory
on
homelessness,
whose
definition
is
has
been
used
by
the
government
of
canada.
B
So
this
will
include
things
like
tainted
drug
supplies,
colonial
practices,
rising
rents,
lack
of
enough
safe
and
affordable
housing,
rent
evictions,
physical
abuse,
racism,
gender
and
sexual
orientation,
discrimination
among
many
other
things,
as
the
causes
of
homelessness.
So
that's
just
to
contextualize
all
of
the
factors
I'm
also
a
Toronto
homeless
memorial
volunteer,
so
I'm,
very
angry
and
I'm.
Sad
and
I
should
not,
along
with
my
colleagues,
have
to
be
writing
anyone's
name
down
on
that
list
every
month,
but
we
continue
to
do
so.
B
This
needs
to
be
called
an
emergency
for
what
it
is,
and
you
have
been
mayor
for
years
and
the
homelessness
crisis.
Is
that
an
all-time
high?
And
it's
getting
worse
because
you
don't
seem
to
want
to
create
any
meaningful
changes
and,
like
people
have
said
before
this
drop
in
the
bucket
these,
these
band-aid
solutions?
B
B
C
O
You
very
much
for
coming
I
know
it's
a
big
deal
to
make
a
deputation
if
you
haven't
been
here
before
and
expressing
your
views
here.
Where
are
the
places
that
you
can
go
to
express
those
same
views,
because
it's
important
that
you
do
to
the
provincial
and
federal
governments?
What
are
the
places
that
venues?
However,
you
do
that
I'm
really
interested
in
how
we're
maximizing
pressure
on
the
other
levels
of
government,
okay,.
B
O
B
The
what
I
have
felt
I've
been
able
to
do
has
been
I've,
been
doing
letter-writing
campaigns,
both
the
province
to
lisa
macleod
to
the
federal
government.
So
for
me,
I
think
it
would
if,
if,
if,
if
we're,
moving
the
pressure
away
from
Toronto
City
Council
and
we're
going
okay,
what
about
federal
and
provincial,
then
I
think
it
would
be
easier
to
have
some
way
to
make
available
what
we
can
do
and
how
we
can
visibly
put
pressure
other
than
having
rallies
and
and
again
letters
without
really
conveying
our
feelings
of
frustration
and.
T
T
Amidst
this
instability,
structural
violence
and
frigid
temperatures
are
tens
of
thousands
of
acts
of
compassion
and
care,
a
shared
sandwich,
a
valiant
search
for
more
warm
clothes
for
a
friend,
a
shoulder
to
cry
on
grounding
words
amidst
a
panic
attack,
two
friends
carrying
a
third
friend
to
a
full
respite
center,
just
in
time
for
check-ins,
so
they
don't
lose
their
mat.
When
you
are
down
and
out
in
Toronto,
you
need
to
look
out
for
each
other,
because
that's
all
you
got
sure
there
are
hard-working
staff,
but
we
are
under.
We
are
under
resourced.
T
We
can
dress
a
wound
or
offer
kind
words,
but
we
can't
create
for
secure
walls,
privacy
and
a
locked
door
out
of
thin
air
in
a
city
that
evicts
its
anti-eviction
lawyers.
We
can't
stretch
$733
to
cover
a
$1,200
rent
rate,
no
make
that
2400
to
cover
first
and
last
month's
rent,
a
credit
check,
a
society
that
refers
not
to
rent
to
indigenous
or
black
residents.
Housing
is
not
affordable
in
Toronto
it
gets
Werth's
each
month.
It
destroys
people
and
runs
them
over
literally.
This
is
a
crisis.
We
need
shelters
that
don't
exceed
90%
capacity.
T
We
need
housing
that
has
rent
gear
to
income
built.
Now
we
need
this
to
Executive
Committee
to
care.
We
need
you
to
stop
blaming
a
systemic
housing
crisis
that
kicks
people
to
the
curb
on
an
individual
state
of
mental
health.
It's
a
new
year.
This
is
a
new
iteration
of
City
Council
after
the
recent
elections.
It
would
be
an
ideal,
a
moment
in
history
to
rally
around
an
equitable,
just
and
compassionate
vision
for
our
city,
a
vision
that
is
spelled
out
with
bold
policy
and
just
funding
decisions.
T
Instead,
we
are
offered
housing
now
more
of
the
same,
the
status
quo,
a
continuation
of
the
kind
of
choices
that
have
precipitated
this
catastrophe.
Let
me
look
at
how
this
vision
of
the
status
quo
has
displaced
thousands
of
our
neighbors
from
a
recent
acorn
report
in
2009,
the
city
set
a
target
of
creating
a
thousand
new,
affordable
rental
homes
per
year,
but
has
not
met
that
target.
Since
Mayor
Tory
came
into
power,
it
looks
likely
that
the
city
will
miss
this
target
by
around
50%
in
2018.
T
R
People
have
talked
about
the
debts
of
Hanko,
who
was
58
years
old,
the
best
of
crystal
poppy.
No,
but
there
have
been
more
than
two
their
debts
in
the
city
and
as
sad
as
it
is,
we've
had
to
respond
to
them
all.
Tabitha
Lewis
was
30
years
old.
She
died
at
the
George
Street
respite
Center
right
around
the
time
when
crystal
pepino
died.
There
was
another
young
indigenous
man
who
was
in
an
alleyway,
also
homeless,
and
there
have
been
more,
at
least
two
more
that
we're
hearing
off
further.
R
What
what
has
already
been
reported
and
what
was
presented
today,
will
actually
help
you're
talking
about
creating
10,000
units
off
those
10,000
units,
you're,
saying
6300
will
be
market
housing,
that's
ownership
and
rental
you're
talking
about
3700
units
about
that
will
be
set
up
as
80
percent
of
average
market
rent
for
a
one-bedroom
apartment
according
to
CMHC
that
you're
talking
about
over
a
thousand
dollars
a
month.
That's
not
affordable
to
those
10,000
people
about
10,000
people
who
are
currently
homeless
in
the
city.
R
They
can't
afford
to
pay
that
it's
not
affordable
to
the
181
thousand
people
who
are
on
the
waiting
list
for
social
housing
in
the
city,
because
they
cannot
afford
your
average
or
80
percent
of
your
average
market
rent.
You
have
the
opportunity,
with
these
10,000
units,
to
actually
move
the
10,000
people
who
are
sleeping
on
the
streets
and
who
need
special
kind
of
housing
who
need
rent
gear
to
income
housing
into
housing
within
a
span
of
three
or
four
years
or,
however
long
it
takes
for
you
to
build
these
units.
R
R
So
you're
talking
about
these
3,700
units,
not
even
the
full
10,000,
the
3,700
units,
helping
people
who
are
making
an
income
of
$45,000
or
more
you're,
not
talking
of
addressing
the
people
who
are
in
deep
state
of
crisis
now
and
who
are
dying
on
our
streets
as
we
speak,
counselor
by
Lao
in
response
to
a
comment
made
by
Mack
Reverend
Maggie
Helbig
you're,
talking
about
10%
of
those
units
being
set
aside
at
40%
of
average
market
rent,
you
set
$500
and
said
that's
rent
gear
to
income.
That's
not
how
rain
gear
to
income
works.
R
You
got
a
factor
in
the
income
portion
before
you
call
something
rain
gear
to
income
at
$500
you're
talking
about
somebody
with
an
income
of
$18,000
a
year.
Do
you
know
how
many,
how
much
people
on
ODSP
get
paid
$15,000
on
social
assistance
get
paid
far
less?
So
if
you're
talking
about
income
for
those
particular
people,
you
need
$300
for
people
in
ODSP
and
220
share
somebody
who's
on
social
assistance
on
welfare
and,
frankly,
you
were
the
chair,
affordable
housing
committee.
For
all
this
time,
you're.
R
K
K
In
social
housing,
rent
gear
to
income,
that's
what
we
have
that's
the
rent
gear
to
income
system
that
we
have
right
now,
if
you're
under
forty
four
thousand
dollars
you
you
can
apply
for
a
rent,
I
know,
but
the
rent
is
taxed
to
their
income
and
with
forty
four
thousand
dollars.
What's
30
percent
of
your
income,
that's
rent,
a
gear
you
to
income,
that's
what
I
was
trying
to
say,
but.
Q
Q
So
this
presentation
is
an
open
data
presentation
on
information.
We've
scraped
about
these
11
housing
now
sites
under
the
banner
of
housing.
Now
T,
Oh,
calm
I
was
on
the
planning
review
panel
from
2015
to
2017,
which
was
a
public
engagement
process
run
by
the
the
city
planners
office,
which
was
representative
of
people
from
across
the
city.
So
it
wasn't
local
neighborhood
groups
monopolizing
the
conversation.
Q
It
was
a
representative
group
from
across
the
city
in
the
seven
weeks
since
you
announced
these
sites,
we've
gone
to
your
open
data
site,
we've
also
scraped
stuff
off
your
council
site,
your
City
Planning
site,
the
TTC,
the
green
pea
parking
and
the
Eglinton
crosstown.
We
worked
with
folks
at
map
your
property
using
the
Evergreen
calculator
as
well,
and
students
from
the
Ryerson
planning
students
and
we've
created
housing.
Now
tÃo
comm
is
an
interactive
map
which
is
public
its
global.
Anybody.
Q
Q
We
used
map
your
property
to
ask
the
questions.
Where
is
it
and
how
is
it
zoned?
So
here's
an
example
at
12:50
Eglinton
we,
which
is
a
very
interesting
location,
it's
the
intersection
of
nine
billion
dollars
worth
of
transit
infrastructure,
and
it's
not
particularly
well
zoned
for
the
kind
of
density
that
is
appropriate
at
that
site.
We
also
used
the
Evergreen
foundations,
affordable,
housing,
calculator,
the
workout
does
it
pencil
and
is
it
feasible
on
some
of
these
sites?
We
can't
we
came
up
with
our
own
numbers.
Q
They
don't
match
your
city's
numbers
so
for
the
rest
of
the
presentation.
We're
just
gonna
use
the
city's
numbers
because
I'm
not
gonna,
argue
about
numbers.
People
have
already
mentioned
that
these
units,
that
you're
creating
are
only
really
housing
lottery
units
you
may
create
about
three
hundred
other
units.
What
is
the
housing
lottery?
Look
like.
We've
done
a
couple
already
in
Regent
Park
of
this
year,
nine
hundred
and
sixty
two
for
a
one-bedroom
one
hundred
and
fourteen
for
a
two-bedroom.
The
two-bedroom
was
running
about
seven
hundred
square
feet.
Q
Mayor
has
said
that
he's
vowing
he
won't
waver
on
forty
thousand
over
twelve
years.
We've
only
did
thirteen
hundred
in
in
2017
I
think
about
fifteen
hundred
in
2018.
This
is
the
math.
You
need
to
be
doing.
You
need
to
be
doing
about
thirty
three
hundred
per
year.
You
need
to
be
doing
housing
now,
every
year
lots
of
people
coming
we've
had
the
public
notice.
In
the
past
there
will
be
no
miracles.
Failure
is
not
an
option.
You
don't
have
a
perfect
set
of
tools.
Q
You
have
to
make
this
fit
into
the
hole
made
for
this
using
nothing,
but
this
there's
some
information
here
on
aqua,
Vista
and
Regent
Park.
What
you've
actually
delivered?
We've
also
got
the
grid,
which
is
better
than
any,
of
the
charts
that
are
in
your
staff
report
that
talk
about
the
actual
units
you're
delivering
on
these
sites,
the
kinds
of
densities
that
are
required,
I'm
not
going
to
take
any
more
time.
My
recommendations
are
at
the
back.
Thank
you
thanks
a
lot.
M
Q
When
we
were
putting
the
the
system
together,
we
pulled
stuff
from
your
open
data
site,
but
there
isn't
a
lot
of
planning
related
data
on
your
open
data
site.
There's
some
zoning
information,
there's
the
ward
boundaries
for
twenty-five
wards,
but
in
a
lot
of
cases,
when
we
went
to
get
into
the
open
doors
program,
we
had
to
go
back
and
scrape
data
out
of
the
tea.
Mr.
Clerk
system,
we
had
to
scrape
site
information
out
of
the
Eglinton
crosstown
sites.
Q
We
had
to
scrape
information
out
of
create
tea,
oh
because
your
data
is
all
in
silos,
nobody's
really
consolidating
it
effectively.
So
we've
done
that
task
on
these
eleven
sites.
We've
consolidated
this
data,
we've
run
it
past,
smart
people
who
are
engaged
in
these
processes
and
we've
come
up
with
a
free
tool.
Anybody
in
the
city
can
use
to
interact
with
these
sites
and
track
the
progress
of
these
sites.
Are
you
making
your
numbers?
How
fast
are
you
keeping
up
with
your
calendar?
Okay,.
Q
M
Q
M
Q
Green
yeah,
so
the
two
columns
Heights
requested
in
rezoning
of
your
11
sites.
Mr.
Lyne
turn
may
be
able
to
correct
this,
but
right
now,
there's
only
two
sites
that
have
create
tio
has
actually
started
any
process
to
rezone.
So
those
are
the
two
sites
in
mr.
Minh
and
Wong's
Ward,
which
are
the
the
Don
Mills
crossing
you're.
Q
Looking
to
put
almost
half
of
your
affordable
housing
units
in
there
are
about
a
quarter
at
really
high
densities,
you're
up
to
52
floors,
site
right
next
door
to
them
went
to
the
OMB
took
almost
ten
years,
and
they
were
only
at
30
floors.
The
local
NIMBY
history
reflects
the
reality.
Some
neighborhoods
are
more
welcoming
than
others,
so
the
two
sites
that
we
rate
is
the
highest
not
in
my
backyard
sites,
are
in
councilor,
Cole's
ward
councillor,
Matt
Lowe's
award
there
in
Forest
Hill
area.
Q
One
is
at
the
Eglinton
crosstown,
where
it
meets
the
Vaughn
extension
and
then
the
other
one
is
at
140
Merton,
which
is
just
north
of
Mount
Pleasant
Cemetery.
You
guys
made
that
a
Heritage
Site
in
17
a
two-story
commercial
building,
you've
designated
as
heritage,
so
you're,
putting
roadblocks
in
front
of
yourself,
which
really
makes
no
sense.
Okay,.
E
The
shortcomings
in
scope
and
timing
of
the
initiative,
which
should
probably
be
called
housing
really
really
soon
and
with
their
insistence
that
you
can't
talk
about
this
initiative
about
affordable
housing
in
isolation
from
the
full
spectrum
of
needs,
the
need
to
deal
with
upstream
contributors
to
homelessness,
renovations,
discrimination,
shortfall
and
other
supports
to
provide
emergency,
low
barrier,
regular
shelter,
transitional
and
supportive
housing
rent
geared
to
income.
All
that,
of
course,
the
city
cannot
do
all
this
alone.
E
We
recognize
that
and
I
know
that
you
are
embarking
on
conversations
with
other
levels
of
government
and
I
hope
that
those
conversations
will
be
open
and
transparent
and
public
and
not
in
a
back
room
somewhere.
There
is
still
more.
The
city
can
do,
particularly
in
terms
of
revenue,
generation
and
I
know
it's
not
popular
to
talk
about
taxes,
but
we
need
to
get
serious
about
looking
at
and
comparing
ourselves
with
other
places
that
do
this
better,
and
some
of
them
are
not
so
far
away.
We
need
to
support
tenants
and
to
regulate
types
of
development.
E
We
are
all
hobbled
in
policy
and
planning
in
service
delivery
and
in
revenue
generation
by
a
rhetoric
which
puts
our
most
vulnerable
citizens
consistently
in
the
third
person
as
the
homeless
population
as
ODSP
recipients
as
the
mentally
ill
and
although
they're,
not
our
citizens,
yet
asylum
seekers
always
the
other,
a
problem
to
be
solved.
Ideally
a
problem
to
be
made
to
go
away.
Our
public
discourse
about
issues
of
poverty
and
housing
needs
to
be
carefully
thoughtfully,
intentionally
shifted
over
the
long
term
into
the
first-person
plural.
Some
of
us
live
on
the
street.
E
E
I
emphasize
this
not
just
blue
skying,
but
because
it's
it's
real
work,
it's
not
superficial
or
irrelevant
how
we
shape
our
public
discourse
has
an
enormous
potential
to
transform
minds
and
hearts,
and
our
civic
leaders
have
a
primary
responsibility
in
moving
this
transformation
forward
in
the
most
compassionate,
creative
and
loving
way.
Thank
you
thank.
A
E
Hello
I'm
from
the
Parkdale
Tennis
Association,
a
grassroots
organization
working
in
the
historically
lower-income
rental
housing
neighborhood
of
South
Park
Dale.
Many
of
us
had
lived
in
Parkdale
for
decades,
we've
seen
a
dramatic
increase
in
the
number
of
homeless
people
on
our
streets
for
the
past
few
years.
We
know
there
have
always
been
many
different
reasons
for
homelessness,
but
we
believe
market
pricing
of
$1,800
for
a
one-bedroom
apartment
resulting
from
the
housing
shortage
and
lack
of
rent
control
and
vacant
units
is
the
reason
for
the
worsening
homeless
crisis.
In
Parkdale.
E
We
see
the
consequences
of
the
evictions
following
unfair
rent
creases
every
day
as
we
go
about
our
lives
in
our
neighborhood,
an
elderly
woman
lives
in
a
nest
of
boxes
and
ragged
blankets,
just
off
the
corner
of
Queen
Street
and
closed
Avenue
and
the
McDonald's
homeless.
People
ask
us
for
our
coffee
cup
stickers
to
get
enough
for
a
cup
of
coffee
to
warm
themselves
up
the
lineups
outside
st.
Francis
table
at
dinner
time
get
longer
every
day.
Our
homeless
in
Parkdale
do
not
see
emails
to
come
to
meetings
like
this
one.
E
We,
like
other
neighborhood
groups,
are
here
to
make
a
plea
for
them.
If
you
believe
there's
a
housing
crisis
in
our
city
and
it's
hard
to
imagine
anyone
who
is
access
to
any
kind
of
media,
not
believing
in
it,
then
you
must
believe
there
is
a
homelessness
crisis
too.
We
see
a
state
of
emergency
in
our
neighborhood
and
it
cannot
be
the
only
one.
We
asked
for
a
homelessness
state
of
emergency
to
be
cleared
now
and
probably
already
given
in
the
future
to
those
suffering
most
as
the
city
plans
for
affordable
housing.
N
So
my
name
is
Paul
darling
I'm,
the
chair
of
the
Human
Rights
working
group
of
the
Toronto
Alliance
to
End
Homelessness
I
want
to
begin
by
congratulating
staff
on
the
excuse
me
a
comprehensive
report
which
touches
on
a
wide
range
of
tools
and
mechanisms
to
achieve
affordable
housing,
beginning
with
with
making
city-owned
lands
available
for
housing.
I.
Think
all
of
us
at
the
Toronto,
iesson
homelessness
and
the
Human
Rights
working
group
are
very
pleased
to
see
the
city
taking
this
step
in
the
direction
of
achieving
housing
as
a
right
for
all
people
in
Toronto.
N
N
Unfortunately,
as
you've
heard
from
other
people,
the
standard
that's
being
set
by
this
housing
now
initiative
is
not
ambitious.
Enough.
I
came
prepared
to
sort
of
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
the
numbers
and
the
fact
that
you're
guaranteeing
as
part
of
this,
that
about
three
hundred
and
sixty
or
so
units
would
be
available
at
a
level
of
rent.
N
That's
really
good!
It's
really
good
that
that's
gonna
be
coming
forward.
I,
think
we
really
need
that,
and
and
what
you're
doing
now
with
it
with
these
city-owned
lands,
is
setting
an
example
and
setting
a
standard
that
will
then
be.
You
can
then
apply
to
all
other
developments,
so
another
developer
comes
forward
with
sites
similar
to
those
which
you
now
own
and
what
you
are
putting
forward.
Those
sites
can
be
made
available
and
can
include
affordable
housing
as
well.
N
So,
to
turn
turn
the
curve
on
that
and
to
begin
to
actually
reduce
the
number
of
people
who
are
waiting
for
affordable
housing
and
to
reduce
the
number
of
people
who
are
homeless
on
the
street
requires
all
of
us
all
of
us,
not
only
it's
the
city,
but
all
the
developers
and
people
who
are
developing
housing
to
do
their
share
to
ensure
that
affordable
housing
is
available.
You
have
the
opportunity
to
set
to
set
an
example
to
set
a
standard,
but
you
can
then
call
on
others
to
meet
and
I
encourage
you
to
do
that.
O
O
Some
kind
to
vulnerable
populations
has
there
ever
been
I,
don't
want
to
call
it
a
summit
or
somebody
pulling
together
all
of
the
housing
providers
that
owned
that
land
to
look
at
what
some
of
the
development
redevelopment
potential
would
be
in
getting
more
floors
and
adding
the
sites
that
we
currently
have
or
combining
with
others
kind
of
like
what
we're
doing
here,
but
from
we
don't
own
all
those
properties.
That's.
N
A
really
good
idea,
I
think
that
I'm,
whether
it's
supportive
housing
providers
or
other
housing
providers,
including
TCH,
see
so
look
at
all
of
their
properties
and
say,
are
there
ways
in
which
we
can
intensify
those
those
properties
to
ensure
that
they
provide
more
housing.
Obviously,
that
requires
money.
So
if
the
city
is
prepared
to
put
up
some
money
for
both
that
exploration
and
for
that
that
redevelopment
that
we
a
great
thing
to
do
so,.
O
One
of
the
requests
in
the
recommendations
is
to
have
some
money
for
nonprofits
I,
guess
really
to
look
at
these
11
sites
and
see
how
they
could
be
involved.
But
perhaps
we
should
also
have
some
money
for
somebody
to
convene
that
exercise
to
really
look
at
all
the
properties
that
are
owned
and,
if
they're
being
maximized
and
have
a
development
plan
or
redevelopment
plan,
particularly
in
light
of
the
aging
population
in
some
of
the
housing
providers.
I.
N
O
That,
if
we're,
if
we're
thinking,
I,
hear
you
so
if
we're
considering
supportive
housing
as
an
important
part
of
our
housing
continuum
which
we're
hearing
today,
these
are
mostly
rental
and
then
we're
looking
at
how
to
involve
nonprofit
providers,
which
could
be
coops.
That
could
be
supportive
housing
on
these
sites,
but
a
single
exercise
that
would
actually
look
at
the
property
values.
O
N
O
N
Think
that's
a
good
thing.
I,
don't
think
it
goes
far
enough.
I
think
that
needs
to
be
an
opportunity
to
ensure
that
that
a
significant
proportion
of
the
housing
that's
developed
on
these
publicly
owned
lands
continues
to
be
available
for
affordable
and
supportive
housing
in
perpetuity
through
nonprofit
ownership.
Okay,.
B
B
So
my
name
is
Marianna
Lewicki
and
I'm.
The
president
of
the
Park
Vista,
tenants,
association
and
I
hope
we
can
all
agree
that,
when
affordable
housing
is
increasingly
out
of
the
reach
of
the
average
citizen
in
Toronto,
we
risk
turning
a
world-class
city
into
a
glittering
enclave
of
inequality
and
shattered
dreams.
B
It
means
masses
of
workers
converge
in
the
city
during
the
day
to
serve
local
needs
and
then
disperse
to
make
long,
commutes,
home
or
track
to
towering
local
condos
with
sky-high,
rent
or
aging
apartments,
or
they
have
to
fight
their
landlords
to
get
repairs
done.
This
isn't
the
Toronto
I
want
and
I'm
sure
it's,
not
the
Toronto
that
you
want
when
I
was
young
Toronto
held
great
opportunities
for
both
house
hunters
and
job
hunters.
B
My
father,
a
Ukrainian
immigrant,
who
grew
up
on
a
farm,
worked
blue-collar
jobs
in
Toronto
and
was
able
to
achieve
his
Canadian
dream
of
raising
a
family
with
three
children
and
owning
a
mortgage
free
home
in
the
picturesque
Humber
Valley.
A
lot
of
things
have
changed
since
then,
as
a
housing
now
background
materials
show
over
the
last
decade
the
cost
of
housing
and
residents
and
residents
housing
choices
have
become
increasingly
restricted.
B
Rental
ownership,
housing
costs
have
significantly
outpaced
wage
increases.
We
often
hear
about
the
barriers
to
profitability
for
landlord.
However,
the
large
corporate
landlord
that
operates
the
building
I
live
in
reported
net
operating
income
of
393
million
in
2017
on
operating
revenue
of
close
to
638
million
for
a
net
operating
income
margin
of
60
1.6
percent.
The
motto
on
their
latest
annual
report
is
solid
gold
record
for
20
years
that
doesn't
sound
like
a
landlord
struggling
to
get
by.
B
We
know
we
can't
rely
on
the
private
entities
to
solve
the
housing
crisis
they're
in
the
business
of
making
a
profit
and
they're
doing
a
pretty
good
job
of
it.
The
housing
now
initiative
is
a
terrific
step
forward,
but
I
would
encourage
you
to
carefully
look
at
the
number
and
mix
of
affordable
units.
This
is
the
city's
chance
to
consider
need
over
profit.
This
is
our
moment.
Let's
set
the
bar
higher.
B
B
B
My
name
is
Monica
and
I'm
from
the
East
End
of
the
city
I'm
here
to
share
my
personal
concerns
about
housing,
affordability
and
my
thoughts
and
questions
on
the
report
before
you
today,
I'm
worried
about
being
priced
out
of
Toronto
I
am
educated,
I
have
a
full-time
job
that
I
love
and
right
now,
I'm
lucky
because
I
have
parents
to
live
with,
and
some
time
to
save
some
money.
I
really
love
my
parents,
but
I
don't
want
to
live
with
them
forever.
B
I
also
know
that
not
every
young
adult
in
Toronto
is
lucky
enough
to
live
with
their
parents
until
they're
ready
to
move
out.
We
have
a
housing
crisis
and
a
homelessness
crisis
in
our
city
and
mayor
Tory,
I'm,
looking
to
you
to
be
a
leader
and
declare
a
state
of
emergency
at
City
Council
next
week.
It
is
your
responsibility
to
do
everything
you
can
to
take
care
of
the
people
of
Toronto,
and
this
goes
for
all
city
councillors,
while
I'm
glad
that
affordable
housing
is
being
discussed.
B
I
have
questions
and
concerns
about
the
recommendations
in
the
report
before
you.
First,
you
are
investing
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
to
possibly
sell
public
property
and
all
of
that
to
build
affordable
housing
on
only
one
third
of
the
land
building
only
3700
units
with
over
180,000
people
waiting
for
affordable
housing.
Today,
why
aren't
you
simply
building
our
own,
affordable
housing
on
our
own
property,
I'm,
going
to
read
a
quote
from
Mara
Torre
from
his
CBC
interview
this
week,
the
first
act
of
the
new
administration
3300,
affordable
housing
units.
B
By
the
way
people
will
say
that
it's
not
enough
and
I
agree
with
them.
It's
more
than
anyone
else
has
done
in
one
fell
swoop
in
a
long
long
time,
Mara
Torre!
If
you
agree
that
it's
not
enough,
and
if
it's
on
our
land,
why
aren't
you
doing
more?
Why
aren't
you
using
this
to
build
more
affordable
housing
and
while
the
land
would
be
possibly
sold
forever,
the
affordable
housing
in
this
report
is
not
required
to
be
provided
forever.
B
What
happens
when
the
city
has
no
more
city
property
left
to
sell?
How
will
my
generation
solve
the
affordable
housing
crisis,
then
this
plan
is
passing
the
problem
off
to
my
generation
you're,
relying
on
selling
off
land,
and
we
will
be
expected
to
solve
our
future
housing
pressures
more
creatively
and
without
the
sale
of
public
land
there
will
be
none
left.
B
This
plan
is
short-sighted.
There
must
be
a
better
way.
Last.
Eighty
percent
market
rent
is
not
affordable.
Rent
in
our
city,
people
like
me,
who
don't
make
nearly
as
much
money
as
a
generation
before
us
and
who
don't
have
a
family
inheritance
to
turn
to
need
rent
geared
to
income
that
is
affordable,
rent
to
conclude,
the
housing
and
homeless
crisis
in
the
city
requires
bold
action
and
I'm.
Looking
to
all
of
you
to
be
bolder,
build
more
make
it
ours
forever
and
make
it
truly
affordable
for
the
people
in
this
city.
I
You
very
much
through
you,
mr.
deputy
mayor,
thank
you
for
for
coming
today.
Monica
I
think
it's
important
that
you
took
the
time
and-
and
we
know
that
this
is
not
easy,
but
but
these
deputations
will
help
inform
our
decisions
if
we
sell
the
land
and
and
most
likely
transfer
it
over
into
private
hands.
Do
you
think
the
top
priority
of
a
private
developer
will
be
developing,
affordable
housing
or
building
profit
of.
R
L
Just
want
to
check
out
a
couple
things
thanks
for
coming
in
this
morning.
First
of
all,
you're
aware
of
the
fact
that
I
think
the
vast
majority
of
these
parcels,
as
evidenced
by
what's
said
in
the
report,
the
actual
proposal
here
to
put
out
to
the
private
and
nonprofit
sector
is
for
a
99-year
leases
and
four
99-year
affordability,
so
I'm
sure
you'd
want
to
acknowledge
that,
because
you'd
suggested
that
the
proposal
was
to
sell
off
and
and
and
and
not
have
it
as
affordable
for
any
period
of
time,
the
report
actually
doesn't
say
that.
B
L
The
land
will
still
come,
but
you'll
acknowledge
that
the
proposal,
then,
is
if
the
lease
is
up.
The
line
comes
back
and
is
still
owned
by
the
city.
That's
what
that's
the
idea
of
the
lease
it
lasts
99
years,
I,
don't
know
if
we'll
be
here.
I
can
always
hope.
I,
don't
I,
don't
mean
here
in
City,
Hall
I
don't
be
at
City.
Hall
that'll
be
a
source
of
great
cheer
to
many,
but
in
99
years
the
land
will
come
back
to
the
city.
But
that's
what
the
report
says.
Yes,.
B
L
And
I'll
be
happy
that
you
should
come
back
and
make
another
deputation
if
in
fact,
there's
recommendation
yeah.
But
at
the
moment
there
is
no
such
recommendation.
The
second
thing
you
talked
about
you
know:
why
aren't
we
building
more
units
soon?
You'd
also
acknowledge
that
on
these
11
parcels
that
are
in
all
different
parts
of
the
city
and
different
kinds
of
neighborhoods,
that
we
have
to
build
development
there,
that
they
say
we
we
collectively
the
city
that's
compatible
with
those
neighborhoods.
L
So
you
can't
just
say:
well
we're
gonna
put
a
50-story
building
there,
because
I
agree,
the
need
is
there
and
a
50-story
building,
of
which
a
huge
number
we're
affordable
would
be
helpful,
but
we're
gonna
be
limited
to
some
extent,
even
on
these
pieces
of
land
that
we
own
by
the
fact
they're
in
neighborhoods,
and
therefore
the
development
consistent
with
other
City
Planning
has
to
be
compatible,
which
is
why
you
do
get
some
upside
in
terms
of
whatever
the
number
is
of
units
in
total
that
you
can
build.
You'd
agree
with
that.
I.
L
So
that
that
that
was
the
next
question,
but
I'm
not
sure
he
understood
the
second
one,
which
was
that
when
you
talked
about
the
quantum
in
total,
with
ten
thousand,
that
would
be
built
on
the
eleven
parcels
of
land
that
will
likely
be
leased.
We're
limited
in
terms
of
what
not
making
that
20,000
or
30,000
by
the
fact
that
that
the
land
is
where
it
is,
and
it
is
the
size
that
it
is
and
therefore
you
can't
just
put
an
unlimited
number
of
units
there
as
much
as
you
might
like
to
do
that.
B
L
And
then
the
second
point
was
when
you
made
your
third
final
point,
which
is
I,
think
you
agree
as
well
that
we
want
to
create
mixed
income
communities
here
so
that
when
you
talked
about
how
we
should
have
far
more
of
these
units,
I
guess
it's
sits
with
us
to
adjust
that
percentage
from
what
it
is
today,
which
is
about
a
third
of
the
total.
You
have
to
do
that
within
the
context
of
your
degree,
I
think
making
it
viable
for
people
to
come
in
profit,
nonprofit
or
private
sector
developers
and
build
these
buildings.
B
L
M
You
through
the
jerk
Monica
worst
of
all,
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
coming
in
this
morning.
It's
great
to
see
an
individual
coming
in
there's
lots
of
people
on
this
list
associated
with
an
organization.
So
it's
great
to
see
you
coming
in
I
did
want
to
ask
you
I'm,
not
gonna.
Ask
you
your
age,
but
you
seem
similar
age
to
our
oldest
son
and
his
biggest
concern
is
about
being
able
to
afford
to
buy
a
place
to
live
and
based
on
your
presentation.
M
M
And
I'm
similar
because
our
oldest
sons
still
at
home-
and
we
just
had
a
conversation,
the
other
night
about
him
finishing
university
and
then
you
know
whether
it's
got
to
ition
feet,
doubt
and
then
trying
to
get
out
and
be
able
to
afford
a
place
to
live
or
buy
in
Toronto.
But
you
don't
think
at
this
point
in
your
life.
You
see
that
as
a
huge
hurdle,
yeah.
B
A
D
Good
morning
merit
or
econ
slurs
and
city
staff,
my
name
is
Johanna
moon
and
I'm.
Speaking
today,
on
behalf
of
the
dáil
ministries,
a
community
organization
and
church
in
Parkdale
that
places
at
its
core
those
who
are
often
pushed
to
the
margins
as
Parkdale
gentrified,
we
have
seen
a
sharp
increase
in
a
number
of
people
of
low
income
being
evicted
and
their
units
being
rented
out
for
double
the
price.
Many
of
the
members
of
the
dáil
are
facing
the
stress
of
being
pushed
out
of
places.
D
They
have
called
home
for
many
years,
compounded
with
the
bleak
reality
that
there
is
nowhere
affordable
to
go.
Our
colleagues
at
Parkdale,
Community,
Legal
Services,
have
done
and
are
doing
great
work
in
fighting
back
against
these
evictions,
which
are
often
illegal,
but
now
the
legal
clinic
itself
is
being
evicted.
D
Many
of
the
people
in
Parkdale
have
been
on
the
waitlist
for
subsidized
social
housing
for
a
decade
or
more
now,
not
only
is
subsidized
housing,
a
far-off
dream,
but
the
stock
of
rooming
houses
and
relatively
affordable
apartments
is
decreasing
at
an
alarming
rate
when
our
friends
are
forced
out
of
their
homes.
The
only
other
option
is
a
shelter
system
that,
as
you
know,
is
overwhelmed.
D
D
We've
been
told
by
multiple
people
that
the
other
respite
Center
in
the
Queen
Elizabeth
Building
in
the
exhibition
grounds,
is
a
pretty
dismal
place
to
be,
and
if
food
rations
are
totally
insufficient,
while
these
temporary
shelters
have
been
necessary
this
winter
and
last,
they
are
not
a
long-term
solution.
As
you
know,
they
are
far
from
dignified
and
give
our
friends
the
impression
that
they
are
problem
to
be
dealt
with
rather
than
the
inherently
precious
people
that
they
are.
D
We
urge
you
to
require
that
the
housing
developed
on
the
11
designated
properties
be
truly
affordable,
with
at
least
50%
being
rent
geared
to
income
units.
These
11
sites
must
include
supportive
housing,
as
has
been
mentioned
many
times
this
morning,
and
housing
for
people
exiting
homelessness.
At
least
10%
of
these
units
must
be
dedicated
to
indigenous
housing
providers.
Thank.
A
G
Hi,
thank
you
for
having
me
today,
I'm
from
the
Federation
of
metro,
tenants,
associations,
we're
a
tenants
rights
agency.
We
help
about
service,
about
80,000
people
a
year
and
about
50,000
of
those
are
direct
kind
of
face-to-face
service.
So
we
deal
with
housing
all
the
time
we
deal
with
people
that
are
in
crisis.
Looking
for
housing
all
the
time
to
understand
our
kind
of
comments
on
the
report,
you
have
to
understand
how
the
FMT
a
cease
housing.
We
don't
see
it
as
a
commodity
you're,
not
trading.
G
In
cookies,
we
see
it
as
infrastructure
like
pipes,
schools,
roads,
hospitals
in
that
light,
I
think,
for
you
know,
I
looked
at
this
and
I've
been
thinking
around
this
stuff
for
years.
We
feel
this
is
a
great
2009
housing
plan.
It's
got
units
in
the
thousands.
It's
got
significant
fordable
development
targets.
The
development
is
locked
into
99-year
leases.
That's
that's
really
great
and
the
city's
not
just
kind
of
passing
the
buck
on
to
the
feds
and
the
province
they're,
actually
trying
to
activate
land
sites
that
they
have.
These
are
all
good
things.
G
Credits
given
were
to
do.
We've
been
calling
for
this.
For
years,
so
we
would
like
to
see
this.
Why
do
we
feel
it's
lacking?
Why
do
we
feel
that
you're
getting
this
kind
of
pushback
being
like
it's
not
enough?
The
reason
why
that
is
is
because
we're
currently
in
a
brutal
crisis
I
did
see
the
mayor
speak
at
CMHC
talking
about
when
he
was
canvassing
for
their
election.
G
G
The
wait
list
first
broke
the
record
years
ago
as
tragedy
and
has
been
breaking
the
record
every
month
as
farce.
Ever
since
it's
become
a
joke.
So
in
this
light
for
almost
every
development,
what
we
often
ask
is
you
know:
can
someone
on
a
CPP
pension
afford
the
units
that
are
being
developed?
Can
someone
on
Oh
W
afford
the
units
that
are
being
developed?
G
Eighty
percent
AMR
will
run
you
about
$800
a
month
which
what
we
used
to
call
back
in
2009,
slightly
expensive
apartment,
but
is
now
considered
to
be
rock-bottom,
affordable
three
thousand
units
are
gonna,
open
and
they're
gonna
open,
hopefully
in
four
years,
for
eight
hundred
dollars,
and
is
that
gonna
be
enough?
It's
it's
hard
for
us
to
think
so.
It's
hard
for
us
to
think
that
when
somebody
calls
and
they're
on
Oh
W
I
got
an
email.
My
inbox
from
some
guy
saying,
I
got
Oh,
W
and
I
need
a
boarding
home.
G
Where
can
I
find
something
and
the
reality
is
I,
send
them
to
a
housing.
Help
center
and
I
know
that
he's
probably
not
gonna
find
anything.
He's
gonna
be
stuck
in
the
shelters
for
years.
So
when
these
units
open
in
four
years,
how
our
shelters
going
to
look
in
that
time,
how
many
more
people
are
gonna
be
dead
in
that
time?
What's
the
waitlist
going
to
be
like,
so
we
come
to
you
today
kind
of
trying
to
live
in
two
realities
in
one
reality.
G
We
know
that
the
city
hasn't
really
done
a
lot
in
the
last
ten
years
around
affordable
housing
development.
So
we
think
it's
good
that
you're
working
on
the
issue,
but
we
also
live
in
the
other
reality,
the
reality
where
people
are
struggling,
they're
suffering,
they're
dying
on
the
streets
and
they
need
something
now.
So
we
urge
you
to
look
at
deep
affordability
for
these
units
as
much
affordability
as
you
can
get
and
as
you
know
this,
we
hope
this
is
an
annual
thing,
not
a
kind
of
a
one-shot
six
thousand
rental
unit
kind
of
project.
F
F
The
province
recently
changed
the
rent
control
legislation.
Did
they
not
yeah,
so
just
so
I
understand,
then
these
3,800
market
rental
units
would
not
have
rent
control
apply
to
them.
Based
on
the
provincial
legislation.
That's
correct
you!
So
if
we
wanted
those
market
rental
units,
so
I
hear
you
on
the
deepening
affordability.
But
if
we
want
the
market
rental
units
to
have
rental
protections,
we
probably
as
the
city
have
to
create
our
own
business
terms
to
include
rental
protection.
This.
G
F
G
Believe
so,
yeah,
okay
and
look,
you
know
protection
for
3,000
a
month
rental
unit
I
mean
it's
not
really
gonna.
Be
that
big
of
a
priority
for
us
cuz
no
one's
gonna
be
able
to
afford
that
unit.
Anyways.
You
know
again.
You
need
units
that
people
can
afford.
Almost
all
the
housing
that
was
developed
in
the
city
of
Toronto
in
the
1940s
50s
and
60s
was
done
because
veterans
came
back
from
the
war
found.
There
were
no
housing
and
they
needed
it.
So
the
government
built
it
so
I
think
again.
O
Yes,
just
wearing
that
hat
of
dealing
with
the
tenants
pieces
following
up
on
councillor
Krusty,
if
the
city
was
to
look
at
a
policy
which
would
maintain
the
high
but
affordable
for
some
rents
within
the
rent
control
continuum.
Would
that
be
something
we
should
be
looking
at
for
the
units
that
would
be
built
all
the
market
units
on
them
possible.
O
G
O
G
We
get
a
steady
trickle
every
week
of
people,
you
know
getting
an
N
12,
the
landlord
says
they're
moving
in
and
then
they
find
their
apartment
on
Airbnb
later
on.
Absolutely
the
provincial
government
is
currently
doing
a
consultation
on
adding
supply.
The
easiest,
quickest,
no
cost
thing
that
they
can
do
is
implement
the
City
of
Toronto
policy
that
would
bring
sixty
five
hundred
units
back
on
the
market.
There's.
G
O
One
of
the
things
that
you
help
and
supervise
our
tenant
groups
that
are
going
to
the
Landlord
and
Tenant
board
in
order
to
fight
increased
rents
based
on
which
are
renovations
that
are
quite
extravagant
in
order
to
re-release
that
or
we
rent
that
at
a
much
higher
rate,
yeah
and
their
city
currently
has
a
program
to
assist.
Is
that
robust
enough
to
assist
the
level
of
interest
in
organizing
at
the
building
level
to
go
to
the
Landlord
and
Tenant
port?
Well,.
G
With
my
thunder
in
the
audience,
I
don't
know
if
it's
appropriate
meat
for
me
to
say
whether
we've
got
enough
money.
What
I,
what
I
will
say
is
we
just
ran
our
stats
on
this
stuff
on
both
our
hotline
in
our
outreach
team
and
the
numbers
are
higher
than
they've
ever
been
like.
We
are
getting
again
a
skyrocketing
number
of
Aggie
applications
and
staffing
stayed
the
same
so
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
and.
O
G
O
G
B
Thank
you
very
much
mr.
chair,
with
respect
to
the
11
properties
that
are
being
allocated
through
a
market
offering
process
and
the
language
is
that,
with
a
priority
of
retaining
public
ownership
through
long
term
leases,
or
is
your
understanding
that
this
is
a
priority
only,
but
not
necessarily
a
requirement,
as
outlined
in
the
report?
I.
G
B
And
because
we're
not
requiring
it
is
the
concern
also
from
your
organization
and
the
people
that
you
represent
here,
that
we're
not
we're
not
going
out
to
the
market
strong
enough
and
visionary
enough
with
some
conditions
that
stipulate
that
we
need
more
of
this,
which
is
deeply
affordable.
Housing
with
supportive
and
transitional
housing
built
in
as
opposed
to
just
encouraging
everyone
to
have
a
conversation
and.
G
Think
our
big
concern
is
a
repeat
of
what
I
think
was
the
build
Toronto
program,
which
was
an
agreement
in
2010.
That
said,
in
five
years,
the
program
was
gonna
build
twelve
hundred
twelve
hundred
and
fifty
units.
What
it
actually
built
was
twelve.
So
our
concern
is
that
you
know
the
targets
which
are
good.
G
Targets
might
not
be
met,
and
you
know
look
I
I've
got
my
own
personal
opinions
of
how
you
get
there,
but
I
understand
the
city's,
a
big
beast
and
I'm
not
in
charge
how
you
get
there
is
ultimately
up
to
you,
but
I
think
what
I?
What
I
really
am
trying
to
stress
here
is,
if
you
sit
on
our
hotline.
If
you
talk
to
the
people
going
through
this,
this
stress
has
been
escalating.
You
need
units,
you
need
places
for
people
to
stay
and
live
and
contribute
to
the
city
and.
B
So
it
would
it
be
fair
to
say
that,
based
on
the
offer
the
market
offering
process
has
outlined,
let's
just
called
a
procurement
process,
is
that
we
could
end
up
being.
We
could
end
up
as
the
city
as
taxpayers-
subsidizing
private
home
ownership
through
public
lands
based
on
the
program
that
is
set
forward
with
us
right
now
in
the
report.
Without
any
amendments
again,.
G
That
is
a
possibility
how
it
practically
plays
out.
I,
don't
know,
but
again,
we've
seen
this
before
we've
seen
again
a
great
target
solid
target,
just
not
get
met,
so
you
know
I
leave
it
to
you,
folks
to
figure
out
the
the
odds.
That's
gonna
happen
again,
but
if
there
is
odds,
we'd,
actually
close,
that
loophole
and
again
we
we
need
these
units.
We
hope
that
you're
gonna
be
able
to
develop
them.
L
G
With
a
couple
of
my
bosses
in
the
back
all
decline,
but
what
I
will
say
is
you
know,
there's
a
variety
of
ways
you
can
build
units
you
can
try
to
ensure
that
some
of
the
stock
that's
offline,
there's
apparently
about
a
hundred
thousand
vacant
units
in
the
City
of
Toronto.
According
to
census
data,
you
can
try
a
vacant
unit
tax
to
bring
them
on.
You
can
build
units.
G
I
know
not
a
lot
of
people
like
to
think
of
the
city
as
a
brick
and
mortar
builder,
but
I
saw
the
Swedish
public
housing
provider
visited
Toronto
last
year,
they're
they're,
not
a
social
housing
provider.
There
are
public
housing
providers,
so
they
build
market,
rent,
they're,
building
14,000
units
this
year
in
Stockholm.
So
this
is
another
option
you
can
incentivize
tax
rates,
so
you
can
say,
look
if
you
want
to
build
rental
here,
we'll
give
you
a
30%
reduction
in
your
taxes
for
five
years.
G
If
you
build
it
here,
there's
a
variety
of
different
options
and
again
I.
Think
a
number
of
groups
have
asked
you
to
look
at
this
as
a
crisis
and
they're
not
asking
you
to
look
at
it
as
a
crisis
because
they're
concerned
it
it
will
become
a
crisis
they're
living
this
stuff.
They
are
watching.
People
die
on
the
streets,
I
used
to
work
in
the
shelter
system
in
Vancouver,
I
know
what
it's
like
to
go
up
and
check
on
someone
and
they're
dead.
G
I
know
what
it's
like
to
find
out
that
someone
that
you've
been
working
with
for
five
years
and
as
severe
mental
health
issues
dies
under
a
bridge.
This
is
the
the
scenario
people
are
living
every
day
here
and
they're
begging
you
to
again
get
all
hands
on
deck
and
build
some
stuff.
For
that
reason,
I'm.
L
So
that's
what
we're
doing,
though,
is
using
those
very
tools
you
just
talk,
but
we're
not
building
them
ourselves.
I
could
see
that
point,
but
we
are
using
those
tools
to
incent
others
to
build
those
and
requiring
them
to
have
a
component,
and
there's
been
many
arguments
made
here
today
about
that
component,
not
being
big
enough.
So
we'll
have
to
take
a
look
at
that.
That's
what
we
have
these
deputations,
but
you
would
acknowledge
that's
what
we're
doing
is
using
those
tools
to
incent
people
to
come
in
and
build
units
yeah.
G
Look
I
think
a
lot
of
the
tools
that
I've
mentioned
yeah
are
are
in
the
report
and
they
are
being
activated
I.
Think
what
I
hear
in
meetings
I
go
to.
You
know
dozens
of
Network
meetings
every
three
months
and
what
I
think
they're
the
perception
out
there
and
I'll
leave
you
to
think
on.
This
is
that
it's
a
crisis.
People
are
dying
in
the
streets
and
the
city's
not
really
acting
that
way.
The
city
is
kind
of
like
oh,
hopefully,
we
can
build
stuff,
not
really
being
like.
You
know.
G
Moms
and
daughters
and
dads
are
all
dying.
They're
not
finding
place
to
be
they're
fleeing
the
city,
the
the
low-income
population
of
the
cities,
I
think
been
haft
and
a
quick
little
note
you
know:
I
was
down
in
Cuba
for
my
holiday
vacation.
My
dad
works
down
there.
I
I've
got
some
family
friends
there
and
I
told
them.
100
people
died
in
Toronto
last
year,
they're
shocked,
you
know
at
poor.
Developing
nation
is
shocked
that
we
had
a
hundred
people
die
on
our
streets.
G
I
Thank
you.
Mr.
deputy
mayor
I'm
in
the
morning
we're
here
I
think
you
were
the
only
one
to
mention
CPP
and
in
passing
now
it's
always
been
my
view
that
long
term
senior
supportive
housing.
Really,
if
you
connect
all
the
dots,
you
should
really
look
at
pension
reform.
Were
you
were
you
going
in
that
direction
where
we
really
have
to
work
with
our
federal
counterparts
to
do
pension
reform
so
there's
more
at
the
end
of
a
working
career
to
to
afford
market
or
even
below
market
housing?
Again.
G
You're
kind
of
veering
out
of
my
expertise,
I
think
it's
a
valid
point
and
you
know
I,
if
you,
if
you
want
to
work
on
that,
that's
great
I
know,
there's
a
variety
people
to
deal
with.
You
know
social
assistance
and
just
income
equality.
My
bag.
My
kind
of
area
of
expertise
is
the
the
supply
side
of
housing.
So
so
again,
again
good
initiative,
not
really
something
they
like
you
with
a
lot.
Okay,.
I
Fair
enough,
secondly,
you're,
one
of
the
only
divisions
to
really
focus
on
some
of
the
inherent
problems
of
people
who
who
come
into
the
shelters:
mental
health,
substance,
abuse,
family,
breakup
bankruptcy,
personal
Bankers
lost
a
business
whatever
foreclosure
on
a
home
on.
Are
we
really
talking
about
a
housing
issue?
Are
we
talking
about
social
policy
where
we
should
be
putting
massive
investments
into
mental
well-being?
Substance
abuse
counseling
that
those
kinds
of
social
services
to
on
the
preventative
side
look.
G
There's
no
reason
why
you
can't
do
both
I
mentioned
the
the
Swedish
group
that
came
here
actually
still
live
in
Norway
and
in
Norway.
You'd
have
robust
social
services
for
mental
health,
and
you
had
active
building
market
policy
in
terms
of
the
housing
file.
Government
would
just
flat
out
build
a
bunch
of
units
or
make
it
very
attractive
to
build
them,
and
the
other
thing
that
they
would
do
is
they'd
make
it
harder
to
build
condo.
When
those
Swedish
folks
came
here
and
talked
to
developers
in
Toronto
and
said,
do
you
know?
G
What's
your
kind
of
rental
housing
portfolio
were
like
they
were
kind
of
like
yeah?
We
make
a
lot
more
money
in
condo
and
that's
again
as
long
as
that's
the
case
as
long
as
it's
you
know,
hundreds
of
millions,
a
short-term
profit
and
condos
versus
you
know
the
same
level
of
profit
in
a
rental,
but
you
know
long-term
kind
of
strategy.
Long-Term
investment,
you're
gonna,
get
more
condo,
and
that's
we've
had
here
and
really
again.
G
The
social
policy
element
is
very
important,
but
you
know
the
social
policy
element
has
been
our
housing
policy
and
that's
why?
Last
year,
Quebec,
which
is
a
different
social
housing
policy,
built
12,000
rental
units
12,000
last
year,
and
this
report,
which
is
again
a
kind
of
a
flagship
largest
we've
seen
in
decades,
is
going
to
build
six
thousand
or
seven
and
a
half
thousand
okay.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
sir
Lindsey
Perkins,
Parsons
Trump.
Sorry,
sir,
can
I
just
move
that
be
because
it's
now
25
after
yeah,
we
normally
break
at
12:30.
Yes,
I'd
like
to
move
that
we
here
I
understand.
According
to
my
list,
we
have
two
deputy
ins
left
I,
don't
know
anymore.
I
ever
get
more:
okay,
okay,
you've
added
some
more
I
just
consulted
and
I.
Think
that
fair
enough
I
just
regard
it
then,
because
I
was
going
to
say
we
hear
the
def
minutes
before
we
broke
for
lunch,
but
that's
fine!
Okay!
Thank
you!
D
Hello-
everyone
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
Toronto
shelter
network.
Thank
you
today
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
about
the
housing
now
initiative.
For
those
who
are
unfamiliar
with
the
Toronto
shelter
network.
We
represent
Toronto
the
majority
of
Toronto
shelters
and
respite
service
providers,
including
organizations
such
as
fred,
victor
homes,
first
Dixon
Hall,
Salvation,
Army
and
many
others.
We
support
shelters
to
provide
those
experiencing
homelessness
with
the
highest
quality
of
services
and
support,
so
that
this
important
part
of
the
housing
continuum
has
a
capacity
to
successfully
transition
people
out
of
homelessness.
D
This
past
year,
emergency
shelters
and
respite
providers
have
been
working
tirelessly
to
provide
enough
beds
for
all
those
in
need
and
to
make
sure
that
no
one
has
turned
away
by
the
spring
of
this
year.
An
additional
1,000
beds
will
be
added
to
the
sector.
This
massive
expansion
of
the
shelter
system
cannot
continue.
At
this
rate,
the
current
shelter
system
is
at
capacity
and
expanding
it
further
Prison
risk
our
clients
and
our
staff.
More
importantly,
investing
in
one
part
of
the
housing
continuum.
D
To
this
extent,
while
not
addressing
the
fact
that
shelter
providers
have
no
housing
options
to
offer
their
clients
means
that
we
will
not
make
a
dent
in
homelessness
in
the
city.
Therefore,
we
need
to
begin
to
direct
substantial
portions
of
the
millions
of
dollars
that
you're
marked
for
increasing
shelter
beds
towards
other
parts
of
our
housing
continuum.
This
includes
investing
in
more
transitional
and
supportive
housing,
affordable
housing
and
new
deeply
affordable
housing.
The
toronto
shelter
network
works
in
partnership
with
the
toronto
Alliance
to
End
Homelessness.
D
We
support
its
zero
tio
campaign
and
the
recommendations
that
they
have
made
here
today.
The
housing
now
initiative
will
bring
us
closer
to
our
shared
goals
and,
as
such,
we
are
here
to
support
the
city.
Is
you
implement
housing
now
and
this
important
step
towards
developing
deeply
affordable
housing
options
for
people.
F
Want
to
unpack
that
to
make
sure
I
understand
and
thank
you
for
being
here
Lindsey,
so
the
toronto
shelter
network
do
I
understand
correctly,
that
the
advocacy
here
is
for
the
city
to
scale
up
its
work
related
to
transitional
and
supportive
housing
to
provide
a
pathway
out
of
the
shelters,
perhaps
even
to
you,
shelter
dollars
to
do
so.
Yeah.
D
A
B
You
very
much:
are
you
aware
that,
under
this
particular
proposal,
only
1/3
of
these
properties
will
be
affordable
by
way
of
CMHC
definition?
So,
yes,
you
are
aware
of
that
and
that
only
10%
of
that
will
be
rented
at
40%
of
the
average
monthly
rate,
so
that
that
means
that
out
of
the
10,000
proposed
units
to
be
built,
approximately
370
of
them
will
be
deeply
affordable.
Housing.
Are
you
satisfied
with
the
contents
of
this
report.