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Planning and Housing Committee, meeting 11, December 10, 2019 - Part 1 of 2
Agenda and background materials:
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Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo8m_m9MA1k
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0:13:46 - Call to order
D
Good
morning,
everybody,
if
I,
could
get
your
attention
and
some
silence
in
the
room.
We
can
start
meeting
11
of
the
planning
and
Housing
Committee
good
morning.
All
thank
you
good
morning.
Welcome
to
the
members
of
the
committee,
other
members
of
council
and
in
attendance
that
will
most
likely
join
us
throughout
the
day
for
some
of
the
items
and
members
of
the
public
for
those
in
the
room
with
us.
D
The
screen
at
the
back
of
the
room
provides
real-time,
consider
updates
concerning
where
we
are
in
the
agenda
and
what's
coming
up
next,
you
can
follow
the
agenda
and
debate
on
your
computer
tablet
or
smartphone
at
WRC
a-slash
council.
We
acknowledge
the
land
we
are
meeting
on
is
the
traditional
territory
of
many
nations,
including
the
Mississauga's
of
the
credit
thewhen
ashabi,
the
ship
away,
the
hadoo
Shawnee
and
the
wind
acts
people
and
is
now
home
to
many
diverse
First
Nations
in
wheat
and
maytee
people.
We
also
acknowledge
that
Toronto
is
covered
by
the
treaty.
D
Thirteen
with
the
Mississauga's
of
the
credit,
some
logistical
points
we
will-
and
this
is
for
my
council
colleagues-
we
are
four
member,
so
this
is
quorum
for
this
committee.
Councillor
Robinson
is
not
able
to
join
us
as
she
continues
to
be
under
treatment,
and
we
wish
her
well
and
speedy
recover
for
her
to
be
joining
us
here
very
soon
and
councillor
Fletcher
is
at
Kop
25
and
she
asked
for
me
to
to
let
you
know
so.
D
I
would
request
that
if,
by
any
chance
you
need
to
step
away
for
a
second
use,
the
toilet
or
anything
you
do.
Let
me
know
in
advance
so
that
I
we
need
to
stop
the
meeting
in
particularly
the
for
items
that
are
statutory
items
so
for
items
very
important,
so
do,
let
me
know,
will
speak
we'll
stop
for
a
few
minutes
in
case
you
need
to
step
away.
D
I
would
also
like
to
let
the
people
know
that
we
have
exciting
long
Genda
and
because
it's
only
the
four
of
us
here
and
there's
right
now,
39
deputations
and
there's
some
time
constraints,
there's
some
counselors
that
need
to
leave
at
five
o'clock.
I
am
gonna.
Stick
to
the
five
minutes
of
deputations
very,
very
carefully.
D
We,
we
are
not
going
to
reduce
the
timing
of
speaking
because
we
think
we
have
enough
time
to
give
everybody
five
minutes,
but
I'm
gonna
stick
to
that
rule
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
lose
quorum
and
we
can
run
through
the
agenda.
So
I
also
ask
your
cooperation
to
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
complete
at
the
agenda
today
also
I
want
to
recognize
that
today's
Human
Rights
Day
and
we
have,
but
one
of
the
big
items
in
front
of
us-
is
the
housing
plan
that
proposes
Human
Rights
approach.
D
So
I
do
want
to
wish
everybody
human,
a
fantastic
human
rights
day.
Hopefully,
you'll
have
a
chance
to
do
something
to
recognize
that
there
are
several
celebrations
throughout
the
city,
and
so
hopefully
that
will
be
done
and
last
but
not
least,
I
would
like
to
recognize-
and
this
is
with
very
very-
very
mixed
feelings.
I
tried
to
delay
this
as
much
as
possible.
I
didn't
want
to
believe
that
today
was
gonna,
be
his
last
committee
meeting,
but
our
executive
director
of
housing,
Secretariat
Shaun
Gavin,
will
be
retiring.
D
I
haven't
given
up
yet
and
I
think
I
think
we're
still
trying
we're
still
trying
to
convince
him
to
to
stay
with
us.
But
the
reality
is
that
Shaun
has
been
working
at
the
city
on
different
capacities
with
all
kinds
of
different
mayor's
in
political
non-political
role
in
the
nonprofit
sector,
in
the
province
in
the
city,
but
always
in
the
housing
sector
and
his
passion
is,
is
evident
and
is
recognized
by
everybody
in
the
private
and
nonprofit
sector.
He's
a
leader
I've
been
personally
very
privileged
to
have
worked
closely
with
him
over
these.
D
The
last
nine
years
and
I
can
say
that
I've
learned
a
lot
with
him
and
I'm
very
proud
of
being
able
to
say
that
that
I
consider
him
a
friend
and
a
mentor,
and
we
have
lots
of
reports
signed
by
Sean.
But
I
know
that
he's
very
passionate
about
his
housing
report.
As
his
last
signature
piece
of
work
that
is
leaving
here
for
us
all
of
us
to
implement
and
I
think
everybody
will
make
sure
that
that
gets
implemented
and
well.
But
Sean
I
really
wanted
to
recognize.
D
D
You
know
on
behalf
of
members
and
and
my
colleagues
here
that
we're
extremely
appreciative
of
your
passion
for
for
your
work
but,
most
importantly,
the
passion
for
the
actions
that
you
have
to
affect
people's
lives,
because,
as
you
always
taught
me,
it's
all
about
the
people.
It's
always
people.
So
thank
you,
Sean
for
everything
that
you've
done.
D
Now
are
there
any
decorations
of
interest
and
then
a
municipal
conflict
of
interest,
Act
singing
man,
can
I
have
a
motion
to
confirm
the
minutes
of
the
November
13
2009
teen
meeting
counselor
perks,
all
those
in
favor
that
carries
okay.
So
we
can
run
through
the
agenda
technical
amendments
to
zoning
bylaw
5,
not
5,
6,
9,
2013,
that's
planning
in
housing,
11.1.
We
have
deputations
item
11,
point
2,
housing,
now,
140
Merton,
Street
zoning
amendment
final
report.
We
also
have
deputations
alterations
to
designated
heritage
property
at
140,
Merton
Street.
D
11.4
Official
Plan
review
final
recommendation
report
amendments
to
build
form
and
public
round
policies
of
the
official
plan.
We
have
deputations
on
that
11.5
housing,
tío,
2020,
2030
action
plan.
We
have
deputations
on
that
11.6
housing,
occupant,
occupancy
trends-
you
don't
have
so
councillor
perks,
moves
that
all
those
in
favor
that
carries
11.7,
Community,
Housing,
Partnership,
renewal
program.
D
11.7
I
would
just
like
to
make
some
comments
on
this,
and
I
can
move
that
if
nobody
has
any
questions
so
this
is.
This
is
actually
going
to
translate
into
some
much-needed
houses
and
including
some
supportive
housing
agencies
that
will
be
receiving
some
funds.
So
thank
staff
for
putting
this
through.
We
can't
win
until
we
have
these
this
moving
forward.
This
is
much-needed
investment
in
our
nonprofit
sector.
So
thank
you
for
the
ones
that
I
know
I
see
some
nodding
some
of
the
agencies
here
and
let's
keep
at
it
right
exactly
so.
D
D
With
all
those
I'll
move
that
all
those
in
favor
and
that
carries
11.9,
affordable
rental
housing
opportunity
at
eight
three
eight
proudly
Avenue,
we
have
deputations
on
that
11.10
activating
a
revitalization
plan
for
the
Dundas
chairborne
neighborhood
11.10.
We
have
deputations
on
that
and
11.11
promoting
and
securing
residential
rental
tendencies.
Can
we
have
a
motion
to
move
that
councillor
Bradford
and
that's
the
result
of
the
work
of
the
subcommittee?
Thank
you
all
for
a
great
work
that
was
done
with
the
community
that
evening
eleven
point.
D
Twelve
preliminary
review
tree
protection
and
laneways
suites
councillor
perks
moves
that
all
those
in
favor
that
carries
eleven
point
three:
zoning
conformity
framework
for
official
climate
employment
areas.
Sorry
counselor,
Wang
Tam,
moves
that
all
those
in
favor
that
carries
committee
of
adjustment,
applications,
analysis
and
service
improvements.
We
have
deputations
on
that
and
1115
Toronto
heritage
grant
awards.
Thank,
You,
council
and
I
have
a
motion
and
if
the
committee
agrees
off
councillor
for
a
long
time,
moves
that
with
emotion.
D
D
D
A
D
Actually,
we
only
had
one
speaker
register,
but
that
speaker
registered
in
error.
Is
there
any
other
anybody
else
that
would
like
to
speak
on
this
item?
Seeing
none
questions
of
staff?
Seeing
none
speakers
see
none
motion
to
adopt
councillor
perks,
all
those
in
favor
and
that
carries
thank
you
item
11.2
housing
now
140
Merton,
Street
zoning
amendment
final
report,
Andy
Gorge,
is
our
first
speaker.
E
John
hit
Emma
I
am
appearing
in
place
of
Andy
quartz
and
I
am
a
board
member
of
the
Southside
Linton
residents
and
rate
payers,
Association
known
as
Sarah,
we're
very
pleased
to
represent
the
residents
of
the
Davisville
apartment
neighborhood,
where
this
site
exists,
140
Merton,
and
we
are
very
delighted
in
fact,
that
affordable
housing
will
be
appearing
on
the
site.
We
support
that
very
strongly
in
regard
to
seniors
housing,
which
I
understand
is
the
intent
for
the
entire
site.
E
We
appreciate
the
efforts
of
our
councillor,
Josh
Matt
low
and
of
Mayor
Tory,
to
ensure
that
more
affordable
housing
is
built
for
seniors
in
our
community
and
while
the
housing
itself
is,
of
course,
a
very
important
resource.
The
location
being
owned
by
the
city
provides
a
unique
opportunity
to
ensure
that
other
vital
community
resources
have
a
home
as
well.
E
The
Senior
Service
Organizations
Sprint
is
currently
housed
on
the
site
and
I
understand
it
will
be
returning
when
construction
is
complete
and
there
are
many
other
needs
in
this
rapidly
densifying
apartment,
neighborhood
and
this
site
to
us
is
the
ideal
location
to
create
more
community
space
for
much
needed
community
services.
We
would
find
it
difficult
to
explain
to
our
residents
and
indeed
difficult
to
understand
ourselves
how
the
city
would
pass
up
an
opportunity
to
provide
substantial
space
for
community
services
on
a
site
that
it
actually
owns.
E
If
not
here,
then
we
would
wonder
where
the
city
we
suggest
must
show
strong
leadership
on
its
own
land,
with
the
Sobeys
store,
a
20
to
be
loyal
under
application
for
development
of
a
condo
tower.
The
Davisville
apartment
neighborhood
will
become
a
food
desert
for
at
least
the
entire
time
of
that
construction.
The
area
does
not
have
grocery
stores
accessible
for
walking
residents
within
the
range
of
st.
Claire
to
practically
Eglinton
at
this
time.
E
In
addition,
we
would
also
like
to
acknowledge
and
support
councillor
Matt
Lowe's
efforts
to
have
the
city
acquire
nearby
land
currently
occupied
by
Toronto
tennis
city.
For
a
new
park
to
serve
this
fast-growing
apartment
neighbourhood,
to
see
an
example
of
what
we
don't
want,
this
neighborhood
to
become,
we
only
have
to
look
a
few
blocks
north
to
the
apartment
neighborhood
on
Roehampton,
Broadway
and
erskine.
That
area
has
the
advantage
of
being
very
close
to
Yonge
and
Eglinton,
and
there
is
nothing
comparable
close
to
this
neighborhood.
E
E
We
must
not
allow
another
neighborhood
to
be
built
where
residents
must
leave
the
immediate
area
for
all
of
their
needs.
As
of
2016,
there
were
approximately
9,000
people
living
in
the
Davisville
apartment,
neighborhood,
that's
bounded
by
young
Mount,
Pleasant,
Merton
and
Davisville
with
the
current
proposals
that
exist
in
that
area.
E
So
there
are
six
plus
one
immediately
proximate
just
to
the
north,
that
young
and
Davisville
our
projections
and
the
numbers
we
have
from
the
city
staff
indicate
that
there
will
be
at
least
15,000
people
the
size
of
the
city
of
Port
Hope
by
the
time
that
these
projects
are
in
place.
So
we
ask
you
to
imagine
what
this
neighborhood
would
be
like
without
more
community
space,
without
a
new
Park,
more
daycare,
perhaps
a
new
library,
and
at
least
one
grocery
store.
E
D
F
F
F
First
of
all,
happy
Anniversary.
It
was
a
year
ago
last
weekend
that
the
mayor
announced
these
housing
now
sites.
This
is
the
second
site
that
is
coming
to
this
committee.
Last
month
we
sent
in
a
letter
of
support
for
your
site
at
Victoria
Park,
because
we
felt
that
it
was
appropriately
dense
enough
and
providing
enough
affordable
housing
on
city-owned
land.
Our
goals
are
to
be
public
and
open.
To
give
you
guys
a
clarity
of
information,
a
transparency
of
processor,
to
track
against
your
targets.
F
I'm
gonna
steal
a
little
thunder
from
the
housing
occupancy
trends
report
that
was
also
filed
today
by
your
staff.
Net
migration
to
Toronto
is
increasing.
The
growth
plan
forecast
3.4
million
people
in
the
city
by
2040
one
important
household
growth,
outpaces
population
growth.
You
have
more
small
individuals,
households
than
you
have
population
arriving,
because
more
people
are
living
alone.
F
One-Person
households
continue
to
be
the
largest
household
type,
and
these
two
are
really
important
for
this.
Person's
aged
50
to
69
have
increased
the
most
and
the
population
of
those
aged
70,
and
over
has
increased
the
second
most
you
have
a
gray
wave
coming.
You
need
to
get
ready
for
it.
The
majority
of
older
households
still
live
in
houses
and
low-rise
units.
It's
gonna
be
hard
for
those
people
to
stay
and
age
in
place
in
some
of
those
buildings.
F
Last
week
the
CMHC
gave
a
presentation
here
in
Toronto
we
had
some
interesting
advice,
considering
CMHC
is
where
you're
gonna
be
asking
for
most
of
your
money.
For
some
of
these
projects,
ineffective
supply
is
at
the
root
of
housing.
Affordability,
problems
in
our
city,
Toronto
land
accounts
for
77%
of
the
cost
of
new
housing.
Densification
is
not
the
only
answer,
but
is
without
doubt
the
most
effective,
the
most
necessary,
the
most
logical,
and
it
is
missing
beyond
minor
tinkering.
F
Aggressive,
even
disruptive
densification
will
be
necessary
if
our
cities
are
to
continue
to
serve
as
engines
of
economic
growth,
innovation
drop
job
creation
that
benefits
all
Canadians.
So
that's
what
the
CMHC
is
giving
us
advice
on
these
sites.
We
have
a
looming
housing
crisis
for
seniors
and
we're
very
far
behind
I'm,
getting
ready
for
it.
So
1:40,
Martin,
Street,
good
news,
create
teo,
has
0.8
acres
of
land
there.
It's
transit
served
as
the
folks
from
sera
we're
talking
about
previously.
The
original
development
concept
for
this
site
was
a
15
story.
F
Mixed-Use
building
it
was
seniors,
oriented
housing,
150
residential
units,
75
of
them
affordable,
retaining
a
heritage
building.
There's
a
gray
box.
You
may
not
be
able
to
see
it
very
well,
but
there's
a
gray
box
down
here,
there's
a
really
dramatic
setback
on
this
site
because
of
a
heritage
building
that
was
only
defined
as
heritage
in
2017
Alexi
and
some
of
our
other
volunteers
came
back
with
an
alternative
design
for
that
same
piece
of
land,
26
story,
mixed-use,
building,
293
residential
units,
148
market
rental,
145,
affordable
rental.
F
We
also
included
memory
care
in
there
for
seniors
or
active
housing.
We
designed
it
for
a
non-profit
with
the
expanded
community
space,
but
we
took
your
Heritage
facade
and
we
moved
it
closer
out
to
the
street
and
we
added
most
of
the
other
things
that
the
folks
from
Sara
we're
asking
for
with
regards
to
building
design.
F
This
is
what
it
looks
like
in
the
context
of
all
the
other
buildings
are
being
proposed
around
there.
Currently,
some
pre-exists,
the
purple
ones
or
other
proposals
that
are
going
on
your
staff
came
back
in
September
with
a
slightly
increased
number,
and
this
is
what
we
refer
to
as
CMHC's
idea
of
minor
tinkering,
180
units
targeting
up
to
100%,
affordable
and
an
18-story
building.
F
So
what
we're
asking
for
is
that
you
ask
staff
here
to
be
bolder
on
this
site
and,
frankly,
on
all
of
the
sites
for
housing
now
gives
staff
an
explicit
direction
to
maximize
the
numbers
of
seniors
housing
and
affordable
housing
units
you
can
locate
on
each
site.
They
don't
have
that
right
now
they
have
lots
of
other
things
that
they
have
to
conform
to.
F
There
isn't
an
explicit
direction
that
you
have
to
maximize
the
number
of
units,
reduce
or
remove
the
Heritage
constraints
on
this
site
so
that
they
can
be
more
flexible
and
not
have
as
large
a
setback
to
build
a
tall
or
denser
project
on
this
site
to
have
the
project
aligned
with
the
direction
provided
by
the
province
and
by
CMHC.
And
that's
under
five
minutes.
D
D
E
D
And
when
we
talk
about
the
extra
density,
I
know
that
you
took
this
site
from
15
to
18,
there's
some
other
recommendations
to
go
even
further.
What
was
your
planning
rationale?
I
mean
I'm
sure
that
everybody
thinks
that
we
should
be
getting
as
much
housing
as
possible.
So
what's
the
planning
rationale
to
have
it
at
at
18.
E
So
the
planning
rationale,
as
kind
of
indicated
through
Mark's
presentation.
There
was
that
we
took
into
account
the
overall
context
of
the
area.
If
you
imagine,
the
image
that
mark
shared
the
building
actually
will
be
as
propose
addicting
stories
will
be
the
tallest
on
that
street
east
of
the
laneway
at
Yonge
Street.
We
think
that's
compatible
as
one
of
our
key
official
plan
directions
and
we
also
took
into
account
the
policy
for
America.
It
does
exist
that
was
approved
from
Midtown
and
we're
fitting
within
that.
Okay.
D
F
D
G
Their
return
to
this
new
building
reinforces
a
tradition
of
social
service
organizations
that
were
started
by
war
amps
at
this
building,
I
personally
attended
three
of
the
community
consultation
meetings
for
housing.
Now
at
140,
Merton
and
I
must
say
it
was
kind
of
a
refreshing
experience
to
be
involved
with
the
city
run,
project
where
the
official
plan
was
respected,
heritage
was
respected
and
the
community
input
was
respected
and
that's
kind
of
a
rare
experience
in
our
part
of
the
city.
G
D
Thank
you,
Thank
You
Sharon,
thanks
for
joining
us
today.
Anyone
else
that
would
like
to
speak
on
this
item,
seeing
none
speaker,
questions
of
staff,
seeing
none
speakers
seeing
none
motion
to
move
councillor,
perks,
all
those
in
favour
and
that
carries
item,
11.4
official
review
final
recommendation
report,
amendments
to
build
form
and
public
Brown
policies
of
the
official
plan,
Michael
Ron's
burg,
Rosenberg,
sorry
good
morning,
Michael,
oh.
A
H
My
overall
concerns
about
built
form
is
that
it
primarily
affects
the
experience
of
the
city
and
I
think
that's
being
lost
here.
I
mean
we
see
a
number
of
amendments
were
added,
but
only
were
they
don't
interfere
with
buildings.
You
know
an
example
would
be
that
there
was
an
addition
of
a
point
about
not
up
lighting.
H
Well,
that's
fine,
but
you
know
that
the
whole
concept
of
built
form
has
been
subject
to
massive
debate
about
the
quantity
and
location
of
building
the
basic
built
form
itself,
and
yet
the
language
in
here
does
not
express
any
desire
to
control
or
restrict
that
in
any
way
it
seems
like
this
is
designed
to
to
fail.
It's
it's
a
set
of
statements
that
don't
give
any
clear
direction.
H
There's
a
lot
of
you
know
general
language
in
here
like
personal
enjoyment
of
the
streets
and
things
like
that,
but
but
it's
written
in
such
a
way
that
it
it
seems
that
it
doesn't
fit
in.
You
know
in
an
overall
context
that
can
lead
to
conclusions
about
what
should
be
built
or
not
so
that
in
the
end
it
just
becomes
a
negotiation
between
planners
and
builders,
and
the
public
essentially
will
continue
to
be
left
out
of
the
process.
So
this
framework
doesn't
work
as
a
way
to
express
what
we're
trying
to
say
and
I.
H
Think
the
most
important
thing
to
consider
is
that
the
official
plan
breaks
this
down
in
a
number
of
ways.
The
largest
category
is
between
protected
and
non
protected
areas,
then,
under
that
you
have
the
land
use
designations
and
then,
under
that
you
have.
The
specific
description
such
as
built
for
the
root
of
the
problem,
is
that
too
much
of
the
city
was
put
into
the
growth
area
rather
than
the
protected,
so
that
the
problem
is
even
above
the
level
of
land-use
descriptions.
H
We
need
to
add
a
new
land-use
description,
which
is
mixed
use
protected
so
that
we
can
start
to
correct
that
problem.
So
the
that's.
The
overall
structure
here
doesn't
really
give
any
guidance,
and
these
the
wording
that's
come
down
into
one
of
the
lower
levels
of
built
form
is
so
vague
that
it
it
it
cannot
correct
those
problems
in
the
higher
levels
of
the
plan.
So
what
we
really
need
to
see
is
a
review
of
the
mixed
use.
H
Then
you
try
to
put
at
a
lower
level
of
the
plan
descriptions
as
to
how
that
will
work.
It's
not
going
to
be
implementable.
It's
not
going
to
be
able
to
result
in
decisions.
You
have
to
fix
it
at
the
higher
point
and
create
a
new
category
of
non
growth,
mixed
use
areas,
and
then
you
can
have
policies
under
left.
So
I
don't
know
how
this
can
work
and
another
major
problem
with
it
is
that
the
whole
concept
of
mid-rise
is
a
very
bad
building
form.
H
The
most
important
part
of
the
the
enjoyment
of
these
streets
and
the
use
of
the
streets
is
what
you
see,
and
the
worst
part
of
developments
is
that
four
five
six
seven
stories
that
are
really
crowding
blocking
don't
fit
in
we'd
like
to
see
the
parts
of
the
city
that
are
up
to
three
stories
remain
three
stories
and
we'd
like
to
see,
if
necessary,
taller
buildings
setback
further
from
the
street.
But
the
mid
rise.
The
whole
concept
like
I'm
gonna,.
D
Okay,
seeing
none
any
questions,
the
staff
seeing
none
speakers
seeing
none
motion
to
approve
council
for
perks
all
those
in
favor
and
that
carries
great.
Thank
you
so
much
next
item:
11.5
housing,
tío,
2020,
2030
action
plan,
we're
gonna
start
with
the
staff
presentation
and
then
we'll
move
into
the
applications
and
then,
but
we
had
asked
them
so
we're
gonna,
have
a
presentation.
I
I
Of
course,
there
are
76
of
them
as
well
as
implementation
steps
just
to
begin,
then
what
we
have
found
throughout
the
discussions
around
the
plan
is
that
people
in
Toronto,
particularly
renters,
are
feeling
stuck
in
the
housing
situation
they
have
and
they
feel
left
behind
by
both
the
housing
and
an
income
support
system
in
Toronto
that
is
failing
to
respond
to
the
real
housing
needs
within
the
context
of
Toronto's
hot
housing
market.
The
t/o
action
plan
also
responds
to
a
requirement
to
have
a
plan
that
addresses
housing
and
homelessness
issues
over
a
10-year
period.
I
Let's
briefly
review
the
situation
as
we
know
it
today,
but
also
moving
forward.
There
are
very
little
studies
that
are
done
that
try
to
predict
the
future.
We
hired
a
number
of
consultants
that
looked
at
what
the
housing
situation
is
in
Toronto
today,
but
more
particularly
where
we
are
going
in
the
absence
of
a
government
intervention,
and
so
by
way
of
example,
we
have
an
increase
in
the
city's
population,
potentially
up
to
a
million
new
people
in
the
course
of
the
next
10
years.
I
We
also
have
increased
needs
within
the
area
of
mental
health
and
addiction
support
and
the
waiting
list
for
persons
for
supportive
housing
growing
as
well.
With
respect
to
poverty,
we
will
have
more
than
500,000
or
half-a-million
people
who
will
then
be
low-income
households
and
our
waiting
list
for
our
existing
legacy.
Social
housing
will
grow
to
approximately
120,000
households.
I
So,
as
you
can
imagine,
this
is
quite
a
challenge
not
only
today
with
in
Toronto's
housing
market
for
people,
but
going
forward
into
the
future.
In
developing
the
plan.
We
commissioned
that
market
analysis
where
some
of
those
statistics
that
come
from,
we
also
completed
public
consultations
throughout
the
city
and
heard
from
more
than
6,000
residents
and
organizations,
including
an
advisory
committee
of
approximately
30
members
of
the
public
that
volunteered
their
advice
and
expertise.
I
You
is
our
best
effort
to
provide
a
corporate
approach
to
working
on
the
issue
of
housing
within
the
city,
so
to
speak
specifically
to
some
of
the
key
themes
from
the
public
and
the
stakeholder
consultations
and
I
really
have
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
folks
that
worked
with
us
and
drilled
down
deeply.
So
we
had
not
a
usual
public
consultation
where
someone
would
come
to
one
meeting,
but
we
had
people
coming
to
multiple
meetings.
I
Creating
and
fostering
partnerships
with
nonprofit,
private
and
other
governments
to
maximize
and
integrate
mixed
income
communities
and
provide
housing
stability
supports
the
persons
that
were
vulnerable.
We
heard
a
lot
about
desires
that
remove
what
were
considered
to
be
bureaucratic
barriers
at
the
city
and
delays
that
contributed
to
affordable
housing
taking
longer
than
people
felt
it
should.
I
As
I've
said,
the
plan
has
76
specific
actions
in
it
to
assist
in
the
range
of
a
three
hundred
forty
one
thousand
households.
Many
of
these
actions
also
build
on
initiatives
that
were
taken
through
our
first
housing
plan,
but
in
particular,
this
plan
includes
a
much
more
significant
estimate
of
the
cost
to
the
three
orders
of
government
and
the
total
plan
was
costed.
I
First
of
all,
in
response
to
what
we
heard
in
the
council
direction,
the
plan
proposes
to
adopt
a
revised
Toronto
Housing
Charter,
that
was
in
the
original
plan
in
2009.
That
would
support
the
progressive
realization
of
the
right
to
adequate
housing,
which
is
also
recognized
in
international
law
as
consistent
with
the
new
National
Housing
Act.
I
Next
major
initiative
relates
to
land
banking
for
forty
thousand
new,
affordable
rental
and
supportive
homes.
The
plan
proposes
establishing
a
public,
private
and
nonprofit
land
banking
initiative,
where
we
will
create
a
pipeline
to
achieve
forty
thousand
new,
affordable
rental
homes
as
well.
The
land
banking
initiative
would
include
the
federal
provincial
governments,
charities,
multi
groups,
nonprofits,
cooperative
and
private
housing
organizations.
I
This
particular
initiative
would
be
to
work
with
those
agencies
and
organizations
that
want
to
partner
with
the
city
in
order
to
achieve
affordable
housing
and
the
targets
that
we're
setting
the
land
banking
initiative
would
be
managed
by
the
city,
but
that
land
would
be
held
by
those
organizations
that
were
the
partners.
So
there's
no
initiative
here
where
the
city
suddenly
owns
land
that
somebody
else
has
or
is
making
decisions
about
someone
else's
land,
what
it's
about
them
coming
and
being
a
partner
where
we
can
then
coordinate
funding,
and
we
can
also
coordinate
Vanessa
Polly
proven.
I
The
city's
commitment
with
respect
to
the
program
to
achieve
40,000
units
is
a
to
kick-start.
This
provides
incentives
and
supports
to
achieve
a
half
or
20,000
of
these
units,
and
this
would
include
all
the
financial
incentives
to
provide
for
67
hundred
new
on
city-owned
surplus
properties,
extending
the
open
door,
financial
incentives
through
to
the
20,000
units,
and
also
looking
for
and
looking
to
achieve
in
fill
in
revitalization
of
the
Toronto
Community
Housing
sites
and
co-locating,
affordable
rental
housing
in
city
facilities
such
as
libraries
and
daycares
when
we're
rebuilding
those
facilities.
I
I
So
the
plan
references
these
matters,
but
as
they're
essentially
in
flight
initiatives,
we
don't
have
recommendations
specific
to
them
for
you
in
the
plan,
but
we
look
forward
to
working
and
bringing
these
forward
with
our
other
divisional
partners
in
2020
and
beyond.
For
that
matter,
two
particular
pieces,
though,
on
implementation.
I
I
feel
it's
the
beginning
of
a
new
journey
with
a
new
framework
and
a
new
approach
and
I
can
tell
you,
while
I
won't
be
here
in
person.
I
know
that
my
staff
and
the
staff
that
have
worked
on
this
project
are
enthused
and
are
very
committed
to
seeing
this
work
get
done,
commit
and
the
outcomes
that
we're
looking
to
achieve
achieved.
Thank
you
very
much.
D
J
You
for
the
musical
interlude
good
morning,
and
yes,
my
name
is
Elizabeth
MacIsaac
I'm,
the
president
of
Maitri,
which
is
a
private
foundation
committed
to
creating
solutions
to
poverty.
A
Maitri
we
believe
the
most
enduring
way
to
fix
systems
that
create
poverty
is
to
safeguard
economic
and
social
rights
for
all
people
living
in
Canada.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today
today
in
particular,
which
is
International
Human
Rights
Day.
So
it's
a
meaningful
opportunity
to
speak
to
some
of
the
issues
in
this
plan.
J
Throughout
the
process
of
creating
the
housing
tío
action
plan,
the
city
has
been
open
to
working
with
others.
We
heard
that
just
now
from
Sean
and
to
hearing
from
Toronto
residents
and
housing
advocates,
we
have
worked
hard
to
support
the
city
in
this
process,
as
have
others
who
are
in
this
room
today.
We
believe
that
this
plan
has
benefited
greatly
from
the
openness
that
the
city
has
shown.
J
City,
we
believe,
has
taken
a
vital
step
by
making
the
human
right
to
housing.
The
foundation
of
this
housing
plan
enshrining
this
right
in
the
housing
charter
sends
an
important
message
that
all
that
follows
must
recognize
this
right
and,
in
so
doing,
respect
the
inherent
dignity
of
each
and
every
person
in
Toronto.
This
is
a
robust
plan
with
lots
of
promise.
Our
challenge
now
is
to
implement
it
effectively
steadfastly
and
to
ensure
that
its
impacts
are
felt
in
the
daily
lives
of
Toronto's
residents,
especially
those
who
are
in
greatest
need.
J
First,
as
the
plan
indicates,
the
city
must
commit
commit
to
progressive
realization
of
the
right
to
housing.
We
must
move
forward
and
we
must
know
that
we
are
moving
forward
to
do
this.
We
need
to
be
able
to
measure
our
progress
with
targets
set
in
the
near
and
medium
as
well
as
at
the
end
of
10
years.
We
need
strong
mechanisms
to
hold
the
city
to
account
for
its
progress
as
well
as
do
the
softer
work
of
shepherding
the
plan
into
action.
J
To
this
end,
an
independent
housing
Commissioner
should
be
established
at
the
outset,
with
the
powers
and
scope
needed
to
influence
ongoing
work.
Second,
a
human
rights
approach
means
that
the
city
must
prioritize
those
in
greatest
need.
The
plans
explicit
focus
on
women
and
girls,
seniors
indigenous
peoples
and
the
Toronto
Community
Housing
residents
is
welcome,
but
we
believe
it
can
do
more.
The
city
must
also
prioritize
eliminating
homelessness.
J
It
must
meet
emergency
needs
through
the
shelter
system
and
support
services,
and
it
must
also
work
to
move
people
into
decent
quality,
secure,
affordable
housing
as
quickly
as
possible.
Third,
the
city
must
dedicate
the
maximum
available
resources
to
housing.
This
is
key
in
a
human
rights
framework.
A
potential
vacancy
tax
and
the
recently
announced
increase
to
the
city
building
fund
are
just
two
examples
of
how
the
city
can
be
innovative
and
maximize
all
the
tools
at
its
disposal.
The
city
must
also
ensure
that
public
funds,
first
and
foremost
at
the
public
good.
J
The
city
recently
made
the
right
decision
to
make
investment
in
Toronto
Community,
Housing,
consistent
and
predictable.
This
plan
too,
needs
that
stability
and
that
certainty,
while
the
city
might
be
right
to
expect
support
from
other
orders
of
government
as
they
should,
it
must
also
set
itself
an
independent
course
of
action
and
a
plan
for
if
the
province
and
federal
government
failed
to
pay
their
share.
Inaction
is
not
an
option.
Toronto
must
act
and
Toronto
must
invest
with
this
plan.
Our
city
will
take
a
bold
step.
J
Doing
the
right
thing
takes
courage
and
we
ask
you
to
be
courageous.
Finally,
we
ask
you
to
remember
that
all
of
this
begins
and
ends
with
people.
This
plan
will
be
successful
if
and
only
if
it
positively
impacts
the
daily
life
of
the
most
vulnerable
people
in
this
city,
Toronto
has
worked
to
include
the
voices
of
people
with
lived
experience
of
housing
need
in
the
making
of
this
plan.
It
doesn't
end
here
lived.
Experts
must
continue
to
inform
the
development,
implementation
and
monitoring
of
all
that
follows
I.
J
E
J
If
we
are
to
have
a
human
rights
approach,
a
framework
that
is
real
that
is
meaningful,
there
needs
to
be
the
mechanism
we
need
to
have
the
architecture
of
a
human
rights
framework
and,
first
and
foremost,
I,
think
that
includes
accountability
and
key
to
that
is
having
an
independent
commissioner
that
will
will
drive
the
implementation
of
the
plan,
oversee
the
monitoring,
oversee
the
progressive
realisation
and
can
stand
and
look
at
the
considerations
about
maximum
available
resources.
So
that
is
an
integral
part
of
actually
delivering
on
a
human
rights
framework.
So.
J
To
do
I
think,
there's
it's
valuable
to
study.
Let's
get
this
mechanism
right.
I
would
argue
that
we're
at
the
forefront-
and
we
are
leaders
in
putting
these
types
of
these
types
of
mechanisms
in
place.
The
federal
government
is
about
six
months
ahead.
I
think
we
have
things
to
learn
from
there.
We
have
learnt
things
to
learn
from
other
jurisdictions,
but
I
don't
think
we
wait
and
study
for
years.
I
think
we
understand
our
context.
We
build
the
instrument
and
the
structure
to
the
Toronto
context
and
we
get
it
rolling.
E
Also
think
I
heard
you
say
and
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understood
this,
that
well,
that
the
plan
has
a
laudable
overarching
goal
of
what
we
could
achieve
with
the
federal
and
provincial
and
private
sector
partners
that
we
have
to
commit
to
a
baseline
that
we
achieve
as
a
city.
If
those
other
partners
don't
step
forward,
did
I
hear
that
that's.
K
J
The
local
level,
not
that
I'm
aware
of
I,
could
stand
to
be
corrected
on
that.
I
know
that
putting
in
place
the
housing
advocate,
the
federal
level
was
recognized
internationally
as
an
important
step
forward
in
a
human
rights
framework
in
across
jurisdictions.
I
think
that
we
would
be
at
the
lead,
but
I,
don't
know
of
an
existing
local
government
structure
that
has
one
that
has
this
purpose
so.
J
Well,
they're
implementing
it
was.
It
was
passed
with
the
budget
implementation
act,
the
Canadian
Human
Rights
Commission
will
house
the
federal
Advocate
and
they
are
in
the
process
now
of
defining
the
the
Job
Description
and
filling
the
role
in
filling
the
resources
around
it.
So
it's
in
progress
and
I
think
that
we
can
already
learn
from
what's
happening
at
the
federal
are.
K
J
K
J
K
L
Thank
you
very
much.
The
the
proposal
in
the
concept
of
the
housing
Commissioner
is
is
simply
that
of
an
accountability
officer,
making
sure
that
the
City
of
Toronto
puts
the
human
rights
lens
over
the
policy
and
the
plan
to
to
operationalize.
Is
that
not
correct?
That's
right
so
so
it
really
is
an
accountability
mechanism.
That's
in
the
City
of
Toronto
currently
has
accountability
officers.
Is
that
not
correct?
There's.
J
L
But
the
mechanism
of
officers
at
the
City
of
Toronto,
we
have
already
exists
yeah,
we
have
an
integrity.
Commissioner,
we
have
a
lobbyist
register,
that's
right.
We
have
the
Ombudsman,
that's
right.
Accountability,
offices
and
individuals
to
to
implement
and
ensure
transparency
and
accountability
is
already
something
that
the
city
has
a
history
of
doing.
Is
that
not
correct
correct?
So,
therefore,
the
the
proposal
to
create
an
housing
Commissioner
is
really
not
that
that
that
extraordinary,
no.
J
J
L
J
D
You
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
as
well,
so
mr.
Gavin
just
said
that
the
report
to
come
with
the
description
of
how
this
work
would
come
in
the
fall
of
2020.
So
it
would
allow
us
this
next
few
months
to
do
the
job
description.
Correct,
because
do
we
have
any
idea
if
this
is
one
person
or
if
it's
an
office
with
more
people
or
how
did
it
work,
I
mean
what
kind
of
Job
Description
do
we
put
out?
J
D
It
would
seem
reasonable
to
ask
Council
to
endorse
it
to
this
direction,
for
us
to
do
the
homework,
what
what
it
is,
what
resources
we
need,
how
is
this
gonna
work
and
then
come
back
and
saying
in
order
to
fully
implement
our
right
basic
approach?
We
didn't
need
this,
and,
and-
and
this
is
how
it's
gonna
work-
correct,
I-
think
that's
a
reasonable
it
that
is
reasonable,
correct
yeah.
Thank
you.
M
M
M
M
It
wasn't
supposed
to
be
like
this.
Housing
is
a
human
right.
It's
a
human
right,
because
you
can't
lead
a
life
of
dignity
without
a
roof
over
your
head,
and
you
also
can't
do
so
many
other
things.
Without
a
home,
you
can't
raise
a
family,
you
can't
get
a
job,
you
can't
be
healthy
and
you
can't
participate
in
a
democratic
society
without
a
place
to
call
home
and
because
it's
a
human
right.
M
That
means
it
matters
more
than
other
things
like
profit
or
neighborhood
character,
or
all
of
the
other
reasons
why
we
so
far
not
been
able
to
make
sure
that
everyone
in
this
city
has
a
roof
over
their
head
and
that's
why
I
am
very
happy
to
be
here
on
international
human
rights
day
to
urge
this
committee
to
pass
this
new
housing
plan
that
commits
to
the
right
to
housing.
This
means
that
policies
can
prioritize
the
needs
of
people
over
other
considerations.
M
This
means
that
policies
will
contemplate
the
people
who
most
often
fall
through
the
cracks
in
our
city,
and
this
means
that
open,
transparent
and
participatory
processes
will
guide
the
development
of
this
ongoing
work.
This
housing
plan
is
for
people
like
sue.
There
are
thousands
them
thousands
of
them
in
the
city
and
they
need
our
help.
They
need
your
help.
They're
counting
on
this
committee
to
do
the
right
thing
today.
M
I
also
want
to
commend
the
leadership
of
this
committee
in
supporting
the
right
to
housing
so
far
and
I
want
to
recognize
the
incredible
work
of
staff
in
putting
together
a
plan
that
has
the
potential
to
fundamentally
transform
the
way
we
do
housing
in
this
city
by
putting
a
human
rights
lens
on
it.
This
is
a
big
deal.
This
is
the
first
time
in
Canada
in
April.
We
were
here
and
we
asked
you
to
be
bold
and
you
have
and
I
want
to.
M
Thank
you
all
for
doing
that,
and
I
also
want
to
commend
staff
for
leading
an
open,
transparent
and
participatory
process
to
get
to
where
we
are
with
the
plan.
Zero
is
an
active
participant
in
this
process.
As
a
member
of
the
external
advisory
committee,
we
hosted
our
own
consultation,
we
participated
in
City
consultations
and
we
even
presented
at
one
of
them.
We
remain
ready
and
willing
to
assist
in
the
ongoing
work
to
bring
this
plan
to
fruition.
M
D
N
So
my
name's,
my
name,
is
Brian
Davis
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
hustling
community
homes
were
our
city
and
and
Health
funded
supportive
housing
provider,
providing
housing
programs
to
people
living
serious
about
health
challenges
and
often
coupled
with
histories
of
homelessness
when
they
come
to
us.
But
I'm
here
today
to
represent
the
Toronto
Alliance
in
homelessness,
housing,
development,
working
group
and
I
know.
N
One
of
the
things
that
we
like
we
are
encouraged
to
see
in
the
plan
is
that
there's
a
recognition
that
we
need
to
build
this
rental
stock.
As
we've
seen
in
the
past
ten
years
of
the
previous
plan,
relying
on
the
for-profit
rental
market
is
just
getting
harder
and
harder.
It's
it's
like
giving
money
to
a
kid
to
buy
something
at
a
store
and
going
into
the
store
and
finding
the
cupboards
are
all
bare
like
it's.
N
We
need
to
look
at
actually
getting
back
into
creating
the
the
rental
housing
stock
and
we
know
that
that
market
dynamic
is
probably
not
gonna
shift
over
the
next
ten
years
of
this
plan.
We
also
know
that's
in
the
plan,
there's
a
recognition
that
we
need
to
prioritize
people
with
the
most
pressing
and
urgent
and
complex
needs.
N
We're
committed
to
working
with
the
city
to
create
long-range
plans
to
develop
the
dedicated
housing
stock
that
will
designed
to
meet
their
needs.
So,
with
the
focus
on
creating
this
dock,
we
know
we
need
capital.
The
report
identifies
6.5
billion
dollars
in
capital
costs
over
the
next
ten
years.
That
I
think
that's
a
pretty
tall
order
to
rely
on
from
the
preventional
federal
government.
N
What
we'd
like
to
see
is
the
city
to
articulate
what
it
can
provide
and
why
they
can
do
within
its
own
resources,
as
others
have
spoken
to,
but
how
the
federal
government
and
provincial
government
can
can
supplement
those
targets.
We
also
know
we
need
land.
We
are
pleased
to
see
the
intent
to
create
a
land
bank
to
preserve
public
land
for
future,
affordable
housing,
development
and
I
know.
Shaun
spoke
to
this.
N
So,
along
the
same
vein,
we
strongly
recommend
that
the
current
housing
now
program
could
be
used
as
a
stronger
vehicle
to
contribute
to
the
goal
of
creating
1800
supportive
housing
units
each
year.
We
believe
this
is
possible
by
leveraging
more
city
and
provincial
subsidies
like
Ministry
of
Health
rent
supplements.
We
also
believe
that
these
lands
should
be
prioritized
to
the
use
of
the
nonprofit
sector.
N
We
believe
that
there
should
be
a
commitment
in
the
housing
now
lands
sure
that
any
unit
that
is
created
is
permanently
affordable
and
we
only
need
to
look
next
door
to
the
Peel
Region,
where
the
Hanson
project
that
some
of
you
might
be
familiar
with.
It's
a
non-profit
provider
who
owns
a
approximately
a
two
hundred
and
thirty
unit
building.
It's
got
a
high
support
floor,
that's
in
partnership
with
kmh,
it's
truly
an
inclusive
community
with
families,
and
it's
a
just
a
beautiful
looking
building.
N
We're
also
glad
to
see
the
recognition
of
the
need
for
leadership
at
the
top
and
a
citywide
approach.
We
know
when
the
we
commissioned
a
report
last
year.
That's
all
that
our
Alliance
illness's
website
that
highlights
some
of
the
barriers
that
we
have
faced
in
creating
supportive
housing
in
the
city
and
a
lot
of
it
has
to
do
with
zoning
planning
and
an
open
door
program.
That's
only
open
on
an
annual
basis.
N
N
H
H
There
is
there
is
that
sort
of
positive
element
in
in
the
in
the
actions
and
how
they
have
been
quantified,
but
there
are
still
some
sort
of
problems
with
with
the
framework
I
think
it's
one
thing
to
say
that,
yes,
some
additional
commitment
to
this
area
has
been
found
and
that
we've
recognized
that
housing
really
probably
is
the
major
issue
that
people
face
in
general
throughout
society.
So
more
is
being
done
about
it,
but
there
doesn't
seem
to
be
a
recognition
that
this
housing
has.
H
So
we're
not
really
on
track
to
see
things
get
better.
I
mean
some
of
the
numbers
in
here
are
I
have
left
out
that
issue,
for
instance,
we're
saying
that
there's
expected
to
be
a
30%
population
increase,
and
then
you
specifically
mention
59
percent
increase
in
older
people,
specifically
mention
20
percent
increase
in
the
housing
waiting
list.
But
on
the
question
of
low-income
people
is
simply
a
vague
statement
that
there
will
be
over
500,000
households.
H
It
could
be
much
higher
than
that.
You
obviously
are
not
prepared
for
the
possibility
that
things
will
get
a
lot
worse
economically,
that
the
modern
technological
economy
is
actually
reducing
output,
it's
it's
not
actually
productive
and
that
people
will
be
worse
off
so
that
framework
issue
has
to
be
adult
dealt
with,
or
things
will
continue
to
get
worse.
H
In
spite
of
the
fact
that
we
sort
of
caught
up
with
the
past,
we
now
recognize
housing
as
the
issue
it
is
based
on
today,
but
we're
not
actually
prepared
for
it
to
get
worse
in
the
future
and
I
think
that
that
the
they
continue
to
use
the
quantity
of
30%
of
income
is
an
example
of
not
recognizing.
That
I
mean
it's
just
the
fact
that
that
people
can
in
fact
spend
40
percent
of
income
on
their
housing,
and
they
will
not
be
badly
off
for
it,
and
we
need
to
recognize
that
things
are
different.
H
Now
we
need
to
focus
on
those
mid-range
subsidies
rather
than
very
high
and
very
low
subsidies
and
I'm,
not
even
convinced
that
this
human
rights
framework
sets
us
in
the
right
direction,
because
it
does
tend
to
eliminate
from
thought
the
possibility
that
the
economy
won't
actually
enable
us
to
get
what
we
want
just
declaring
something
or
write
and
then
failing
to
recognize.
The
reasons
why
we're
failing
at
economic
issues
is
not
really
actually
that
helpful.
H
We
need
to
actually
have
real
recognition
in
here
that
the
modern
economy
produces
less
not
more
and
that
we
need
to
have
a
less
modern
economy
to
produce
more,
not
less,
and
we
can't
just
declare
that
people
will
have
housing.
We
have
to
actually
fix
the
economy
or
a
new
round
of
housing
crisis
will
be
upon
us
before
2030.
Thank
you.
Thank.
O
Okay,
so
good
morning,
thank
you
for
the
need
to
be
here
today
on
behalf
of
the
Toronto
Life
to
End
Homelessness,
we're
in
strong
support
of
this
plan
and
congratulate
the
mayor,
of
course,
and
the
co-chairs,
including
councillor
Bulow
and
staff,
in
producing
it
and
you've
heard
from
others
just
how
much
good
hard
work
went
into
that.
We're
particularly
pleased
to
see
that
it
in
it
are
in
the
plan
a
clear
and
repeated
articulation
of
the
end
goal
of
a
city
where
homelessness
is
rare,
brief
and
non-recurring.
O
O
To
begin
with-
and
this
of
course
goes
a
long
way
to
realizing
the
goal
of
homelessness
as
rare
the
commitment
to
a
system
of
coordinated
access
to
housing
and
support
services,
one
that
leverages
data
to
prioritize
those
with
the
highest
needs,
and
this
is
what
is
needed
to
keep
the
experience
of
homelessness
as
brief
as
possible.
As
the
report
states,
this
is
a
game-changer
in
other
cities
that
have
achieved
reductions
in
homelessness
and
investing
in
the
data
infrastructure.
To
allow
coordinated
access
to
work
is
not
a
dry
removed
way
to
tackle
homelessness.
O
We're
also
very
pleased
to
see
the
housing
focus.
Shelter
model
reiterated
it's
a
critical
shift
where
the
goal
of
every
shelter
and
the
sector
as
a
whole
is
to
be
agents
of
ending
people's
homelessness
through
supports
to
find
and
keep
housing,
and
this
coupled
with
the
increased
access.
This
plan
provides
to
more
deeply
affordable
and
appropriate
housing
units,
and
support
will
ensure
that
a
person
or
a
families,
experience
of
homelessness
is
non-recurring.
O
This
vision
becoming
reality
also
depends
on
much
of
what
is
in
the
housing
tío
plan
now,
including
the
right
to
housing,
of
course,
dedicated
allocations
and
strategies
for
the
indigenous
Housing
and
community
partners.
The
all
government
approach.
We
cannot
let
other
orders
of
government
off
the
hook,
redefining
affordability
based
on
income
and
not
market
forces,
increased
accountability
and
deeper
engagement
with
an
inclusion
of
people
with
lived
experience.
Those
are
all
excellent
parts
of
the
plan.
O
It
would
also
include
a
new
set
of
housing
allowances
and
rent
supplements
to
help
people
and
shelter
afford
to
leave
shelter.
We
know
that
the
vast
majority
of
people
experiencing
homeless
their
homelessness
are
there
because
they
have
an
affordability
problem.
They're
there
for
economic
reasons
and
an
increased
set
of
allowances
with
some
triage
support
to
match
them
to
housing
quickly,
will
relieve
pressure
in
our
shelter
system
immediately,
and
we
see
this
as
something
that
housing
to
you.
Oh
is
a
launching
pad,
for.
We
also
really
applaud
other
strategies
such
as
the
permanent
modular
housing.
O
D
O
To
last
things,
quickly,
Community
Housing
Partnership
renewal
program:
that's
coming
up
we're
in
strong
support
of
the
recommendations
there
as
well
and
the
vacant
home
tax.
So
in
closing,
this
is
a
time
for
optimism.
This
is
a
plan
that
gets
us
going
in
the
right
direction.
I
want
to
personally
thank
Sean
Garden
and
everyone
at
the
housing
Secretariat
who
worked
so
hard
to
bringing
this
together
and
I
think
we
we
are
in
a
better
place
today
than
we
were
before.
Thank
you.
L
Thank
you
very
much
Kira.
You
recognized
that
the
City
of
Toronto
has
had
a
housing
plan
before
yes
and
the
targets
of
the
previous
housing
plan.
As
far
as
you
know,
they
were
not
met
as
a
that's.
What
the
reports
say.
Yes,
so,
with
this
new
housing
plan
with
the
goals
that
have
been
set
forward,
what
do
you
see
are
the
potential
pitfalls
of
failing
again.
O
Well,
I
think
that
we
need
to
ensure
that
the
appropriate
resources
are
there
to
meet
the
ambitious
targets
that
are
in
the
plan
and
that
we
are
successful
in
bringing
the
federal
and
provincial
governments
to
the
table,
not
just
on
their
current
commitments,
because
there
are
there
and
we
are
able
to
coordinate
those
and
use
those
and
have
started
or
I
shouldn't,
say
we,
but
you
and
your
staff,
but
also
to
see
where
they
can
do
more.
So
we
need
the
resource
issue
and
what
would.
O
Well,
I
think
we
can
speak
to
the
increase
in
homelessness
in
the
city.
It's
not
just
Toronto,
it's
also
part
of
Ontario
and
part
of
Canada
they're
their
constituents
as
well.
We
know
that
the
numbers
are
higher
every
day
than
we
even
can
imagine.
I
would
say,
which
is
also
a
good
thing.
I'll
just
put
another
plug
in
for
coordinated
access.
O
It
allows
us
to
see
what
the
problem
is,
even
if
the
numbers
become
higher
as
we
get
better
data,
but
we
won't
be
able
to
solve
the
problem
until
we
actually
know
what
the
problem
is.
So
I
think
we
can
compel
them
with
that
case,
but
also
to
show
the
economic
argument.
It's
something
like
a
savings
of
$30,000
a
year,
speaking
very
roughly
here,
to
provide
either
housing
allowances
or
supportive
housing
or
even
deeply
affordable
rental
than
it
is
to
cover
a
shelter
bed
or
a
respite
space.
O
Case
you've
definitely
done
that
before
I
mean
it
would
take
a
longer
time
to
answer
that
in
in
in
strategic
detail.
But
our
area
of
expertise
is
on
homelessness
and,
as
I
said
earlier,
I
think
if
we
are
able
to
insist
that
they
come
to
a
emergency
table,
to
talk
about
what
we
can
all
put
on
the
table
and
not
just
the
orders
of
government,
but
within
them
the
departments
that
have
various
pockets
of
funding
or
various
regulatory
abilities
to
make
changes
or
other
supports
and
strategies.
O
If
we
get
them
all
together
to
talk
about
the
end
goal
of
that
ending
someone's
homelessness
and
to
create
an
action
plan,
there's
more
than
just
talk.
I
think
that
would
be
critical.
I
also
think
that
we
have
to
be
whole,
be
more
aggressive,
I
suppose
in
looking
at
what
is
in
the
National
Housing
Strategy
and
how
it
can
be
improved
to
allow
us
to
leverage
the
maximum
resources
and
other
strategies
in
it
can.
L
O
I
believe
very
strongly
that
we
can
do
it
by
naming
it
an
emergency,
but
I
use
that
in
the
small
e
term,
we
also
have
the
ability
to
draw
on
various
members
of
both
orders
of
government
on
the
staff
side.
Who
we
know
are
also
interested
and
committed
to
finding
ways
to
do
more
and
that
my
understanding
of
declaring
a
formal,
RG
or
state
of
emergency
is
that
it
gives
emergency
powers
to
the
mayor
to
convene
and
draw
on
different
resources.
But
as
soon
as
council
can
convene
again
that
state
of
emergency
ends.
L
O
E
You
and
and
Thank
You
Kara,
for
all
the
work
you've
done
in
helping
to
develop
this
plan
so
just
to
follow
on
what
councillor
Wong,
tam
I
was
saying.
Many
people
in
the
room
won't
understand
Smalley
begi,
but
if
could
I
ask
do
you
agree
that
it
is
an
urgent
crisis?
Yes,
do
you
agree
that
it's
something
that
we
need
to
act
on
within
30
days?
Yes,
so,
irrespective
of
what
the
law
defines
as
emergency,
would
you
define
the
state
of
housing
and
homelessness
in
the
City
of
Toronto
as
an
emergency?
Yes,.
O
O
E
O
E
P
So,
thanks
to
all
the
previous
deputes
committee,
members
staff
and
everyone
in
this
room
for
helping
to
bring
this
plan
to
fruition
today,
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
right
to
housing
in
toronto
campaign,
we're
a
group
of
organizations
and
individuals
who
came
together
to
encourage
the
city
to
adopt
a
rights-based
approach
to
its
next
housing
plan,
and
we
did
it
so.
First,
congratulations!
P
P
Good
things
come
out
of
good
process
and
the
process
of
developing
the
housing
tío
plan
was
a
model
of
rights-based
participation
with
consultations
across
the
city,
convened
by
local
organizations,
bringing
together
diverse
residents
directly
affected
by
homelessness
and
inadequate
housing,
including
members
of
First,
Nations,
Inuit
and
métis
communities.
People
with
disabilities,
women
fleeing
people
facing
homelessness,
members
of
racialized,
immigrant
and
refugee
communities,
youth
and
seniors.
P
This
approach
to
policymaking
is
risky
by
asking
people
what
they
need
from
the
housing
tio
plan.
The
city
created
expectations
that
the
plan
would
deliver.
What
people
need
and
that
the
city
would
continue
to
engage
us
in
putting
the
plan
into
action
and
now
the
plans,
human
rights
framework
gives
Torontonians
a
powerful
tool
to
hold
the
city
accountable
and
that's
even
riskier.
P
P
We
ask
you
to
pass
this
historic
housing
plan
based
in
human
rights
and
to
make
it
even
stronger
today
and
in
years
to
come.
We
welcomed
the
new
Toronto
housing
charter
and
we
ask
you
to
commit
to
the
prompt
establishment
of
an
independent
housing
commissioner
to
make
the
promises
of
the
Charter
a
reality.
P
E
You
very
much
I
million,
and-
and
thank
you
for
that
very
powerful
way
of
explaining
it-
that
that
either
we
elected
officials
take
a
risk
or
people's
lives
are
at
risk
that
really
helped
to
hit
it
home.
For
me,
they
the
actual
recommendations
we
have
here
from
city
staff,
say
that
later
in
the
year,
we
should
get
some
options
for
a
housing.
Commissioner,
would
you
want
us
to
change
that,
so
it
says
council
says
we
will
have
a
housing,
commissioner,
bring
us
a
plan.
It's.
P
O
E
P
P
L
L
L
Contribution
is,
is
totaling
over
thirteen
point
three
billion
dollars
at
a
minimum;
mm-hmm
not
correct
yes,
and
would
it
be
possible
for
us
to
get
that
money
by
simply
sending
them
a
copy
of
this
report
asking
them
to
consider
this
as
they
review
their
own
budgetary
needs
and
evaluating
the
competitive
nature
of
provincial
and
federal
intergovernmental
relationships
with
cities?
Do
you
think
that's
enough
that
we
just
send
them
the
report?
No.
L
P
In
deference
to
Kiera
Hynek
who's
more
accustomed
to
those
particular
issues
than
I
am
I
would
say
indeed
underscoring.
The
urgency
of
Toronto's
situation
is
key
to
bringing
those
other
orders
of
the
government
to
the
table
to
make
the
necessary
changes
and
investments,
and
indeed
to
use
their
powers
to
advance
the
realization
of
the
human
right
to
housing
as
well.
How.
L
L
P
Absolutely
and
a
homelessness
and
the
housing
crisis
are
not
neutral,
and
we
do
see
a
new
commitment,
particularly
at
the
federal
level,
to
recognizing
housing
and
homelessness
as
issues
of
human
rights.
I
believe
that
that
understanding
of
homelessness
as
a
gross
violation
of
Human
Rights
is
something
that
will
help
to
advance
the
coordinated
action.
That's
needed
from
all
orders
of
government
to
truly
commit
to
ending
homelessness
for.
L
Those
who
are
living
in
the
in
the
shelter's
sleeping
on
mats
and
synagogue
basements,
as
well
as
temples
and
churches
for
those
who
are
sleeping
in
the
ravines,
were
encamped
in
front
of
storefronts.
Do
you
think
that
they
would
declare
this
an
emergency
absolutely
and
do
they?
Do
you
think
that
they
would
want
council
to
actually
move
with
urgent
and
and
persistent
and
intentional,
and
all
resources
to
to
bring
this
homelessness
emergency
to
an
end?.
P
In
fact,
they
say
that
they
feel
that
they're
seen
as
less
than
human
and
that
their
human
rights
and
their
lives
are
not
as
important
as
those
of
other
people
I
think
in
a
system
where
people
are
experiencing
that
degree
of
exclusion,
marginalization
and
harm
to
feel
that
their
very
lives
are
not
recognized
as
worthy
is
a
very,
very
serious
issue,
and
we
need
to
do
everything
in
our
power
in
our
positions
of
influence,
to
make
it
clear
that
everyone's
lives
are
valued.
Thank
thank
you.
D
P
K
Very
much
thanks
for
the
deputation
Emily,
let's
put
to
one
side
the
question
about
creating
that
the
Commissioner
position
when
we
met,
we
discussed
we're
committed
to
doing
that.
The
city
is
going
to
move
forward
on
that.
What
advice
do
you
have
today
for
our
city
manager
and
senior
staff,
all
in
the
room
on
how
they
should
set
that
office
up.
P
Questions
I
think
this
will
benefit
from
a
careful
review
that
includes
not
only
city
staff
but
human
rights
experts
and
other
stakeholders
that
includes
information
from
other
jurisdictions,
although,
as
Elizabeth
MacIsaac
pointed
out,
there's
there's
no
single
jurisdiction
that
we
can
point
to
to
say
just
do
exactly
what
what
they've
done
and
you
know
import
it
here.
We
need
a
maid
in
Toronto
model
and
we're
on
the
threshold
of
doing
something
very,
very
special,
very
new
and
very
exciting
here.
So
it
will
take
time
to
get
it
right,
but
it
can't
take
too
much
time.
P
P
K
I
totally
agree
with
you
on
the
urgency,
but
you
would
say
this
is
something
a
first
of
its
kind
of
pioneering
effort
and
we
actually
should
think
it
through
and
understand
it
page
five
with
the
report.
I,
don't
know
if
you
saw
notes
it's
kind
of
buried
in
the
text
there,
but
this
actually
worked
across
20
different
divisions
which,
as
someone
who's
read
city
documents,
I
I,
don't
know.
If
that's
ever
happened
before
we
ran
across
20
different
divisions.
K
P
K
You've
done
a
lot
of
advocacy
work,
you're
an
expert
you
work
at
University
of
Toronto
I'm
wondering
from
a
policy
standpoint.
If
you
could
give
us
some
advice
on
the
most
effective
ways
for
intergovernmental
engagement,
it
seems
to
be
suggested
as
if
the
city
of
Toronto
has
never
reached
out
to
the
federal
government
or
the
provincial
government
on
housing
issues
and,
in
fact,
I
think
that
we
do
that
on
a
regular
basis
and
there's
dialogue
there.
You
see
that
now
from
the
federal
government
in
their
national
Housing
Strategy.
P
Say
that
developing
intergovernmental
relationships
is
within
my
scope
of
expertise.
I
will
say,
though,
that
the
city
of
Toronto
is
is
Canada's
largest
city.
We
all
know
that
the
Greater,
Toronto
and
Hamilton
area
constitutes
a
significant
proportion
of
the
entire
Canadian
population,
and
when
we
see
that
measures
such
as
the
National
Housing
Strategy
aren't
having
the
effectiveness
in
meeting
the
needs
of
those
most
vulnerable
in
this
jurisdiction.
P
Q
Name
is
Ken
Hale
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
Advocacy
Center
for
tenants,
Ontario,
a
legal
aid
clinic
that
serves
the
legal
needs
of
Ontario's,
low-income
tenants
very,
very
privileged
to
be
here
on
international
human
rights
day
talking
to
City
of
Toronto
about
adopting
a
housing
strategy.
That's
founded
on
human
rights
and
I
urged
the
committee
to
adopt
the
recommendations
in
the
staff
report
and
particularly
the
housing
tío
2030
action
plan
as
a
framework
to
address
housing
and
homelessness
over
the
next
ten
years.
Q
Q
So
I
think
the
it's.
An
important
part
of
the
housing
action
plan
is
recognizing
that
housing
policies
have
to
benefit
those
in
greatest
need
and
I.
Despite
our
previous
housing
plan,
I,
don't
think
anybody
could
say
that
the
housing
that
was
has
been
built
over
the
last
10
years
in
this
city
has
been
focused
on
those
in
the
greatest
need.
It
seems
that
our
housing
policy
is
based
on.
Q
So
we
hope,
as
you
move
forward
in
the
implementing
this
housing
plan,
we
think
some
further
work
should
be
done
or
some
elements
of
the
plan
really
need
a
bit
more
of
a
focus
and
a
commitment
and
I
believe
that
Emily
spoke
to
most
of
the
things
that
are
important
for
you
to
look
at
I
would
just
like
to
highlight
a
couple
of
the
issues
that
we
thought
needed.
Further.
Q
Elaboration
first
is
permanent
affordability,
some
of
the
affordable
housing
we've
seen
developed
using
public
investment
has
been
there's
been
an
affordability
period
of
25
years
and
I
think
as
you've
heard
from
a
number
of
speakers
and
on
a
number
of
times,
this
only
pushes
the
affordability
crisis
down
to
the
next
generation.
I
think
we've
seen
an
example.
You
know
a
complex
situation,
but
an
example
of
this
was
that
davon
Hill
residents,
where
once
the
mortgage
was
paid
off,
these
people
in
serious
housing
need
with
needed,
supports,
had
their
building
sold
out
from
under
them.
Q
E
D
L
L
Q
A
very
complicated
situation,
but
it's
a
building
on
Yonge
Street
that
was
built
as
a
long
term
care
I'm,
not
quite
sure.
What
do
you
call
it,
because
it's
somewhere
in
between
a
care
home,
but
it
was
four-
it
was
built
on
a
non-profit
basis
for
residents
who
needed
various
levels
of
care.
They
had
a
mortgage
from
CMHC.
They
were
funded
under
one
of
those
programs.
When
the
mortgage
was
paid
off
and
the
operating
agreement
ended.
There
was
no
further
obligation
on
the
people
that
owned
it.
Q
Somehow
it
came
in
to
the
reasons
behind
it:
I
don't
completely
know,
but
the
people
living
there
were
told
we're
no
longer
operating
this
care
home.
You
people
have
to
find
the
new
place
to
live
one
by
one,
the
residents.
Then
there
were
two
or
three
hundred
units
there
of
people
with
disabilities.
That
range
from
you
know
needed
complete
24-hour
care
to
people
who
were
generally
quite
independent.
Q
Those
people
were
transferred
out
into
other
homes,
but
those
300
units
of
affordable
care,
home,
supported
housing
were
lost
because
the
instrument
that
tied
the
obligation
to
keep
it
in
the
public
sphere
had
been
paid
off
and
the
agreement
was
over.
So
now
those
people
have
been
dumped
into
our
already
overloaded
dumped
I
sounds
like
a
derogatory
term,
but
pushed
into
the
city's
already
overcrowded
system
of
long
term
care
and
we've
lost
those
200
beds
that
we
had
put
substantial
public
investment
in
back
in
the
1970s
80s.
Q
So
we've
seen
it,
you
know
the
operating
costs,
the
operating
agreement,
expiry
issue
that
has
come
up
with
coops
and
nonprofits.
It's
that
same
problem
of
you
know,
at
least
those
where
the
money
is
going
to
come
from
to
continue
to
maintain
them
is
an
issue,
but
at
least
many
of
those
are
still
in
public
ownership,
and
there
is
a
solution.
It's
not
just
the
mortgage
is
paid
off
now
we
figure
out
a
way
to
monetize
this
property,
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
that
doesn't
happen
in.
L
In
the
report
that's
before
us,
there
is
no
insistence
that
the
affordability
built
into
new
homes
have
got
to
be
in
perpetuity.
So
there's
a
time
element
on
these
terms.
It
could
be
20
years
25
years,
but
are
you
suggesting
that
if
we
don't
build
in
permanent
affordability
and
leaving
that
permanency
and
in
the
hands
of
the
public
that
we
could
be
creating
an
additional
crisis
for
ourselves
down
the
road
when
these,
when
the
terms
are
up
just
like
we've
seen
in
Davin
Hill?
Yes,.
Q
But
but
that's
how
the
plan
that
says
that
I
don't
know
I
I
would
be
concerned
about
closing
off
options
that
might
meet
some
immediate
needs
by
by
putting
that
in
a
plan
and
putting
making
that
an
absolute
requirement.
But
it's
my
strong
recommendation
that
that
is
the
way
that
the
city
should
proceed.
Yeah.
L
Cuz,
can
you
only
there's
only
one
chance
to
get
this
report
right?
What's
your
last
question
counselor,
so
so
that
one
chance
to
get
this
report
right
means
that
we
need
to
strengthen
it,
not
weaken
it
and
not
compromise,
but
to
push
out
the
very
best
strategy
we
have
for
permanent
affordability.
Would
you
not
agree
I
I.
D
Q
Q
That's
going
to
help
us
bridge
to
this
into
this
some
kind
of
future,
where
actually
housing
is
recognized
as
a
human
right
in
reality,
as
opposed
to
you
know
the
commitments
that
we
have
here
to
move
towards
that,
then
maybe
there
are
options
that
should
be
considered
and
I
wouldn't
want
to
close
them
off,
but
I
want
to
solve
the
problem,
and
you
don't
want
to
continue
to
be
a
burden
on
the
taxpayer
and
allow
profit
taking
institutions
to
continue
to
pick
our
pockets
year
after
year.
You
have
to
make
public
investment
and
ken.
D
Q
I
understand
that
I
guess
there's
some
comfort
in
the
idea
that,
because
they're
nonprofit
organizations
when
that
term
expires,
there
I
believe
that
they're
investing
in
this
for
the
long
run,
whereas
private
investors
are
often
this
is
a
stepping
stone
towards
getting
this
building.
And
once
our
public
commitment
is
over
we're
out
of
here
with
the
money
in
our
pocket.
D
Q
D
M
B
Joe
I
am
a
long-standing
co-op
member
raising
my
daughters
in
the
heart
of
downtown
Toronto
I'm,
currently,
a
director
of
the
cooperative
housing
Federation
of
Toronto
and
I'm
honored,
to
be
speaking
to
all
of
you
today
on
behalf
of
the
CH
ft
board,
CH
ft
and
our
members
are
in
support
of
the
housing
tío
action
plan.
We're
excited
about
the
opportunities
the
action
plan
presents
for
our
members
over
the
next
10
years.
B
We're
pleased
the
action
plan
recognizes
the
value
of
housing,
coops
and
the
role
our
sector
has
played
and
continues
to
play
in
providing
safe
and
affordable
housing
for
over
40,000
members
across
Toronto.
We
are
a
diverse
and
vibrant
membership
that
represents
single-parent
households,
immigrants,
students,
young
families
and
seniors.
Our
diversity
is
our
strength,
and
we
want
to
ensure
all
our
members
like
me
can
continue
to
thrive
in
our
communities.
We
believe
the
housing
co-op
model
is
the
best
way
to
achieve
permanent,
affordable
housing.
B
We're
relieved
that
the
action
plan
recognizes
some
of
the
challenges
we
face
in
the
near
future
and
offers
potential
solutions
to
these
issues.
Some
of
these
challenges
include
maintaining
subsidies,
past
our
operating
agreements
and
mortgages
and
the
lack
of
capital
investment
in
our
aging
assets.
Some
of
our
members
coops
were
built
on
land
leased
from
the
city.
The
members
of
these
coops
faced
great
uncertainty,
not
knowing
whether
the
city
will
renew
the
leases
without
the
city's
commitment
to
address
these
issues.
B
We're
concerned
that
there
will
be
significant
impact
on
our
ability
to
maintain
affordability
in
the
middle
of
a
housing
crisis.
We
cannot
afford
to
lose
a
single,
affordable,
housing
unit.
We're
reassured
that
the
Community
Housing
Partnership
renewal
program
outlined
in
the
action
plan,
along
with
other
city,
led
initiatives,
will
provide
permanent
and
favorable
solutions
to
the
challenges
we
face.
The
CH
ft
board
of
directors
and
staff
are
ready
to
partner
with
the
city
to
ensure
the
housing
goals
outlined
in
the
action
plan
are
met.
We
are
part
of
the
solution.
B
D
R
Thank
you
laundry
to
speak
today
having
several
items.
My
name
is
Daniela
McCartan
and
I
am
presently
the
co-chair
of
the
people's
lift,
experienced
caucus
for
the
Alliance
to
End
Homelessness,
as
well
as
human,
there
Human
Rights
working
group
and
committee,
but
I'm
speaking
strictly
on
my
own
experience.
I
want
to
thank
you
say
thank
you
to
your
staff,
amazing
staff,
doing
the
second
car
round
of
consultations
around
us
report.
R
R
For
six
months
before
you
could
get
the
help
I
would
have
had
to
put
everything
in
storage.
My
pets
and
I
mean
never
mind.
The
stress
I
was
already
going
through
to
have
to
do
that.
Why
do
you
have
to
be
homeless
before
you
can
get
some
help?
It's
ludicrous!
Okay,
that's
one!
Secondly,
I
would
like
to
speak
to
the
housing
allowance.
R
I'm
grateful
for
the
housing
allowance,
but
again
I
had
to
chase
this
for
two
years
and
I
called
other
agencies
never
got
a
call
back,
they
need
to
be
more
transparent
for
people
who
can
actually
advocate
for
themselves.
And
yes,
if
you
are,
you
know,
if
somebody
needs
to
do
the
paperwork
great,
let
some
agents
you
do
the
paperwork
but
make
them
more
accessible
and
yes,
they
need
to
go
up
again.
R
I'd
like
to
use
my
own
experience,
because
I
am
now
faced
with
the
rent
of
13:54
meager
one-bedroom,
it's
very
small,
but
also
I'm,
facing
a
lawsuit,
not
a
lawsuit,
while
I'm
by
landlord.
After
a
year
of
my
moving
in
one
at
the
3.91,
they
bought
the
building
in
January
I
moved
in
in
July.
You
did
renovations,
which
weren't
really
necessary,
which
is
something
about.
We
have
to
really
look
at
what
they
can
put
onto.
R
You
know
tenants.
So
luckily,
I
you
know
worked
with
the
building
and
we
got
a
lawsuit
coming
up
in
March
to
3.9
increase
for
me
is
I
can
hardly
manage
now.
Thank
god,
I'm
feeling
I'm
gonna
be
very
honest
about
the
little
on
the
honorarium,
so
I'm
getting
from
the
Alliance,
because
that
saves
me
every
month.
So
on
that
note,
I
won't
want
to
also
thank
the
other
speakers
that
spoke
before
me,
because
they
were
amazing
and
speaking
also
tumbling
at
Kira,
said
and
Emily
said
around.
R
You
know
future
actions
and
data
access,
III,
know,
I,
know
several
people
that
are
elderly
and
have
been
on
the
streets
for
25
years
and
I'm
just
wondering
in
terms
of
churches
coming
on
board,
which
I
know
it's
something.
That's
going
to
happen,
those
people
that
are
running
the
programs
in
churches
like
out
of
the
cold
Dane
dog,
who
was
vulnerable
like
I,
don't
know
if
anybody
Cathy
cross
isn't
here
today,
but
there's
a
man
named
Danny
who
I've
known
for
25
years
who's
homeless.
R
He
never
wanted
to
be
housed,
but
he's
ready
now
and
I
hate
to
see
him
become
a
statistic
yeah.
So
that's
pretty
much.
It
I
think
I
just
want
to
thank
you,
guys,
I'm,
so
looking
forward
to
working
and
also
the
two
committees
you're
setting
up
to
help
with
at
the
city
level
to
help
with
implementation.
I
actually
would
like
to
be
on
one
of
those.
D
A
Thank
you.
I
can't
tell
you
how
intimidating
it
is
to
talk
to
people
I
see
on
my
TV
I
wish.
You'd
see
me
on
TV
I'd
be
far
more
comfortable
with
that
all
right
I'm
here,
as
a
private
citizen,
my
name
is
Ingrid
Milford
and
I'm.
An
immigrant
I
came
to
Canada
in
72
as
a
child
and
immediately
moved
into
200
Wellesley
Street,
so
I
grew
up
in
housing.
I
am
I,
worked
all
my
life
paid
market,
rent
and
so
I've
been
a
regular
average
citizen
as
well.
A
Uh-Huh
I
did
that
for
40
years,
I
have
to
tell
you
I've,
been
homeless.
I
became
homeless
after
working
three
jobs,
I
sprained,
my
back
I
lost
my
jobs,
I
lost
my
daughter
and
I
lost
my
apartment
in
that
order.
I
spent
five
years
trying
to
get
off
the
streets.
I
slept
in
shelters,
I
slept
in
parks,
I
slept
on
fire
escapes
without
the
help
of
the
social
organizations
in
this
city
and
I
must
have
been
involved
and
still
I'm
involved
with
many
of
them
at
least
a
dozen
I.
A
Don't
think
I'd
be
sitting
here
in
front
of
you
today.
It
is
an
experience
that
you
can't
express
in
words
becoming
homeless.
I
was
over
40
at
the
time
I
became
homeless.
I
had
no
idea
was
never
prepared
for
it.
I'm
I
was
peripherally
aware
of
all
the
items
that
come
up
on
the
news,
including
homelessness,
but
really
had
no
idea.
So
I
want
to
stress
to
you
what
Daniella
said
was
so
true.
You
become
a
basket
case,
even
if
you
keep
it
in
your
head,
the
violence,
the
mental
health
issues,
the
depression
alone.
A
It's
been
ten
years
since
I
got
out
of
that.
I've
moved
four
times
since
that
time
and
I
now
pay
$1,000
a
month
for
a
bachelor
apartment.
I
I
wanted
to
give
you
a
bit
of
background
I've
had
about
four
careers,
so
I
have
no
trouble
working
working,
isn't
the
issue.
Housing
is
the
issue
there
isn't
anything.
So
even
when
I
was
in
the
shelter
system,
I
mean
you're
one
minute
late
for
curfew.
You
get
kicked
out,
you're
right
back
on
the
street.
A
Again
it's
a
cycle
and
once
you
enter
that
cycle,
I
heard
Daniela
also
mentioned
somebody
who's
been
homeless
for
a
long
time.
Who
now
he
needs
housing,
it's
very
difficult
to
change
the
impressions
in
your
mind,
to
be
open
to
this,
especially
when
you
feel
that
this
is
just
paperwork
for
the
people
in
charge.
I'm
very
proud
to
be
Canadian
I'm,
a
real
Canadian,
because
I'm,
an
immigrant
at
least
I,
think
so,
and
and
I'm
very
happy
with
the
things
that
I
hear
from
city
council
and
mayor
Tory.
A
I
just
want
you
guys
to
get
to
it
and
to
do
it.
I
recognize
that
red
tape
happens
because
you
have
so
many
people
that
you
need
to
deal
with.
I
want
to
say
that
I
really
like
the
plan.
What
I've
read
of
it
I
believe
that
a
commissioner
is
necessary.
You
need
an
impartial
person
to
deal
with
the
partnerships
that
are
necessary
to
create
and
implement
housing
and
shelter
and
get
the
shelter
system,
so
to
speak.
To
get
this
going
to
make
this
something
real
from
my
granddaughter's
future
who's.
A
Only
two
I
don't
want
to
see
this
happen
to
her.
I,
also
believe
that
the
biggest
problem
facing
City
Council
with
this
plan
is
red
tape.
There's
so
many
loopholes
that
that
the
landlord's
are
able
to
get
through
there's
so
many
foreign
investors
who
don't
even
live
here,
there's
so
much
underutilized
the
land,
an
empty
space
that
we
could
come
together.
If
you
would
listen
to
the
people
who
have
the
boots
on
the
ground,
these
organizations
saved
my
life
and
I
and
I've
been
volunteering
with
them
for
10
years
now.
A
Trying
to
stop
this
from
going
any
further
and
I
I
believe
this
is
the
housing
emergency
I,
don't
know
the
difference
between
a
little
E
and
a
Big
E
I
learned
English
as
a
Second
Language
from
books,
I'm
quite
fluent
in
it
I
do
a
lot
of
speaking
I've
been
in
front
of
audiences,
since
I
was
seven,
so
I
have
no
problem
expressing
my
opinion,
which
is
quite
opinionated
and
and
I.
Don't
understand
why
this
is
a
question.
Of
course.
A
This
is
an
emergency,
it's
because
we
didn't
declare
it
before
it
is
now
travel
e,
emergency
and
and
and
I
believe
that,
if
you
declared
this
now
by
the
time
my
granddaughter
is
in
high
school,
this
won't
be
the
issue.
It'll
be
global
relations,
which
is
where
we
should
be
thinking
so
I
see
this
really
intimidated
me
I
was
told
I
had
five
minutes
since
I.
Oh
my
god,
how
do
I
talk
in
five
minutes?
So
I
can
see
I've
taken
more
time,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
A
D
C
We
just
celebrated
the
International
Day
for
persons
with
disabilities
and
today
well
71
years
ago
there
was
the
Declaration
of
Human
Rights
that
that
was
the
date
it
was
adopted.
So
this
is
a
day
when
we're
reminded
of
the
importance
of
protecting
basic
human
rights
and
the
differently-abled
are
supposedly
protected
under
the
Ontario
Human
Rights,
Code,
housing,
accommodation
and
renters
are
protected
areas.
This
year's
National,
Housing
Strategy
Act
also
recognizes
a
right
to
housing
that
is
accessible
and
your
own
reports
acknowledge
the
lack
of
accessible
units
in
this
city.
C
Now
this
may
surprise
you,
but
one
in
four
people
has
a
disability.
If
you
weren't,
born
with
one
you'll
have
one
by
the
time
you
die
while
I'm
sure
it
is
not
your
intent
to
discriminate
against
people
who
have
disabilities.
The
fact
is
that
the
law
is
not
based
on
intent.
The
law
is
based
on
consequences.
C
It
costs
less
than
1%
to
build
using
universal
design.
So
cost
is
no
excuse.
The
urgent
need
for
accessible
housing
is
causing
loss
of
employment.
Isn't
it
detrimental
to
health,
is
destroying
people
and
families
and
is
adding
to
the
city's
financial
woes?
In
many
many
ways,
the
housing
crisis
is
urgent,
but
Toronto
has
the
opportunity
now
to
show
leadership
and
I
know
you're
constantly
presented
with
waiting
lists
figures
for
affordable
housing.
C
Yet
we
feel
that
those
figures
ignore
entire
segments
of
the
disability
community
that
are
trapped
in
poverty
and
on
other
waiting
lists
for
deeply
affordable
and
accessible
supportive
housing.
For
example,
you're
welcome
to
question
me
regarding
the
thousands
of
intellectually
and
neurologically
disabled
who
survive
on
a
different
waiting
list.
L
Thank
you
very
much
Doris
with
respect
to
the
city's
objective
to
encouraging
Aging
in
Place.
If
we
build
housing
that
is
not
universally
accessible
and
that
person
eventually
does
develop
a
disability,
as
you
noted
it
all
happens,
it
will
happen
to
each
and
every
single
one
of
us
well
that
person
have
to
physically
move
from
that
unit
or
the
unit
have
to
undergo
retrofits
to
become
accessible.
So.
C
Far
people
have
had
to
move,
we
have
people.
You
know
I'll,
give
me
an
example
of
a
woman
to
two
weeks
ago
that
I
met
and
when
she
had
her
accident
and
a
young
woman
when
she
had
her
accident,
she
had
her
son
was
17
years
old.
He
was
developmentally
disabled.
He
ended
up
in
a
shelter
with
addicts
and
and
predators,
and
so
on,
a
developmentally
handicapped
person,
and
now
we
got
him
into
a
group
home
which
is
an
ideal.
Nobody
wants
group
homes
for
the
children.
C
She
ended
up
out
in
Etobicoke
somewhere,
so
he's
in
Scarborough
she's
in
Etobicoke,
and
she
is
in
a
place
now
where
everybody
there
has
dementia.
So
we
have
people
that
are
being
so
inappropriately
housed
that
it
just
it's.
It
drives
you
crazy
to
think
about.
We
also
see
some
of
our
community
end
up
in
jail
in
long
term
care
and
so
on.
C
Yes,
I
know
that
you're
supposed
to
get
the
retrofits
and
so
on,
but
it
just
doesn't
happen.
It
doesn't
happen
into
I,
live
in
Toronto
Community
Housing
I
have
a
commode
in
my
front
room
I!
Don't
want
any
of
you
to
visit
me
because
you
know
people
can
talk
and
put
out
papers
and
talk
about
respecting
people's
worth
and
their
dignity
and
so
on.
L
C
She
called
the
police,
the
the
the
private
police
of
TCH,
see
to
go
to
this
person.
Well,
I
was
appalled.
I
said
what
did
you
do
that
for
she
said
well,
because
the
noise
and
so
on
and
and
I
said?
What
did
you
expect
them
to
do
him
to
go
in
and
lay
hands?
You
know
you,
you
no
longer
have
autism
what
what
is
that?
That
is
the
landlords
fault,
so
we're
talking
about
accessibility
for
soundproofing
and
so
and
we
had
just
a
short
time
ago.
C
C
So
you
have
all
kinds
of
invisible
disabilities
that
people
aren't
even
recognizing
so
we're
talking
about
when
you,
when
people
talk
about
Universal,
Design,
they're,
mostly
thinking
about
wheelchairs
and
the
amount
of
space
that
it
takes
to
turn
no
it's
much
bigger
than
that,
and
and
right
now,
a
lot
of
architects
and
so
on,
aren't
even
being
trained
in
the
area.
But
we
do
have
people
that
are,
and
you
should
you
should
be
making
use
of
them.
D
S
Morning,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
Tristan
Liang
I'm,
the
director
of
communications
in
education
for
house
stands
for
housing,
Ontario
University
students
equitably
I'm,
also
a
community
rep
with
the
Affordable
Housing
Committee
York
University
former
president
of
campus
cooperative
residents,
Inc,
which
operates
25
cooperative
multi
tenant
homes
in
the
annex
area
and
current
director,
with
North
American
students
of
cooperation,
which
represents
and
supports
multi-tenant
student
and
community
oriented
housing,
cooperatives
from
Montreal
to
San,
Francisco
and
I'm.
Also,
a
former
co
core
member
of
the
student
dwell
teal
research
team.
S
Ok,
so
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
I,
know.
I,
know
people
hate
it
when
when
people
do
this,
but
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
isn't
in
the
report
and
why
it's
a
it's
a
problem.
I
do
want
to
express
you
express
appreciation
for
the
report
and
to
the
people
who
worked
on
the
report.
Your
work
is
as
well
appreciated
by
myself
and
others,
but
there's
a
major
issue
with
specifically
with
with
rooming
houses.
S
So
there's
no
commitment
in
the
report
to
to
have
rooming
houses
be
legal
and
regulated
across
the
city
of
Toronto.
Now
I
want
to
talk
about
one
specific
context.
So
with
the
affordable
housing
committee,
we
ran
a
consultation
in
July
and
we
had
25
people
come
out.
21
of
them
who
live
in
an
area
called
the
York
University
Village
they
wouldn't
heard
of
this
place
or
who
some
people
are
familiar.
S
Okay,
so
York
University,
you
know,
sold
this
land
to
a
developer
and
had
houses
built
on
this
land
back
in
about
ten
years
ago,
with
essentially
the
full
understanding
that
it
would
turn
into
illegal
rooming
houses
and
that
that's
another
problem,
but
the
the
problem
now
is.
We
have
a
conservative
estimate
would
put
four
thousand
students.
It
could
be
as
high
as
seven
or
eight
thousand.
A
conservative
estimate
would
be
four
thousand
york
university
students
and
recent
graduates
living
in
this
area
right
next
to
university.
S
To
put
that
in
context,
that
means
between
almost
as
many
and
substantially
more
students
are
living
in
the
village
area,
and
is
these
non-regulated
rooming
houses
compared
to
the
number
of
students
are
actually
living
in
residences
on
campus
right.
So
it's
a
lot
of
people
and
the
number
one
concern
that
they
have
well.
S
Unfortunately,
it
turns
out
they
don't
have
any
rights,
because
when
you
live
in
an
unregulated
rooming
house
in
a
part
of
the
city
where
Rumi
houses
are
not
legal,
if
you
have
some
kind
of
disagreement
with
your
landlord,
there
is
no
way
for
you
to
escalate
because
as
soon
as
some
kind
of
city,
inspector
or
police
comes
you're
in
severe
danger
of
simply
completely
losing
your
home.
So
it's
like
it's
the
Wild
West
of
housing.
S
It's
an
extremely
bad
situation
like
there's
other
problems
with
it,
like
the
fact
that
you
know
for
students,
specifically
the
fact
that
the
kind
of
rent
control
we
have
in
Toronto
doesn't
transfer
when
tenez
change,
students
move
a
lot
so
rents
in
the
village
have
moved
up
from
you
know
they
were
quite
affordable.
Originally
three
hundred
four
hundred
a
month.
Now
it's
not
uncommon
to
see
nine
hundred
a
thousand
right.
S
So
this
means,
when
the
houses
get
flipped
by
these
illegal
rooming
house,
landlords
they're
now
able
to
service
like
a
million
dollar
mortgage
on
these
homes.
So
it's
like
the
it
just.
We
have
the
ramping
up
of
pricing.
It's
it's
a
major
problem.
I
just
want
to
speak
to
rooming
houses,
there's
kind
of
like
a
lot
of
negative
associations
with
rooming
houses
or
some
attempt
to
rebrand
them
as
multi-tenant
housing,
but
I
want
to
speak
to
Rumi.
S
Kosis
can
actually
be
really
high-quality
forms
of
housing
for
people,
especially
as
we
become
an
ever
more
individualistic
and
competitive
society.
It's
interesting
to
see
them
in
the
report
recognizes
that
the
single
highest
growth
of
households
is
in
single
single
person,
households
we're
like
moving
towards
loneliness
epidemic
in
our
society,
so
Multi
multi,
tenant
housing
is
not
only
for
you
know:
people
transitioning
out
of
homelessness,
although
it
is
objectively
one
of
the
most
inexpensive
forms
of
housing.
S
It
claims
to
help.
You
know
some
huge
number
of
people.
Three
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
people
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
of
them
are
first-time
homebuyers
by
eliminating
the
land
transfer
tax.
First,
it's
not
actually
clear
to
me
that
that
will
actually
make
the
housing
any
more
affordable
like
this
is
for-profit
the
sale
of
housing
to
people
who
can
afford
to
buy
houses.
S
T
Excuse
me,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Sean
mater
I'm.
The
coordinator
of
the
housing
issues
Network,
which
is
a
network
of
over
30
agencies,
housing
providers
and
tenant
groups,
collaborating
to
address
the
housing
crisis.
I
want
to
be
clear.
We
are
facing
an
absolute
emergency.
We
can't
wait,
we
can't
be
tentative,
we
can't
be
vague.
We
can't
defer.
We
need
to
move
now,
boldly
with
determination
and
very
clear
commitment.
That's
why
the
city
built
this
plan
and
I
can't
understate
the
challenge
and
the
hard
work
that
went
into
creating
that
plan.
T
As
Emily
Paradis
said
earlier,
this
was
a
huge
challenge
and
there
should
be
enormous
credit
given
for
a
bold
and
inclusive
process
that
looked
deeply
at
this
problem
and
I
want
to
start
by
pointing
out
some
of
the
great
ideas
that
are
in
the
plan
already.
It
is
very
encouraging
to
see
a
human
right
to
housing.
An
income-based
definition
of
affordability
is
a
giant
step
forward
in
addressing
this
crisis.
T
So
the
first
and
most
important
improvement
that
we
can
make
to
this
plan
is
setting
those
independent
targets,
concretely
saying
what
the
city
will
do,
regardless
of
other
orders
of
government
and
calling
on
those
others
or
other
orders
of
government
to
join
us
at
the
table
and
work
with
us
rather
than
waiting
for
them.
Before
we
take
the
steps
we
need
know,
we
need
to
take
the
second
improvement.
That
would
be
an
asset
is
a
commitment
to
permanently
affordable
housing
for
all
of
the
units
created
under
this
plan,
creating
units
for
10
or
20
year.
T
Thirty
years
simply
kicks
this
problem
down
the
road
to
my
children
and
their
children.
We
flew
the
Commissioner
of
housing
for
New
York
City
up
to
Toronto
a
few
weeks
ago
to
ask
her
her
advice
and
she
begged
us
not
to
commission
temporarily
affordable
units
because
they
spent
a
billion
dollars.
Re
commissioning
those
units
when
they
started
to
fall
off
a
housing
cliff,
affordable
housing
cliff
as
those
units
aged
out,
it's
a
very
expensive
way
to
go
to
Commission
temporarily
affordable
units
more
expensive.
T
If
you
recognize
the
finances
of
open
door
that
show
that
we
are
actually
paying
twice
as
much
per
year
of
affordability
for
open
door
units
that
we
get
as
we
are
paying
for
the
ones
that
we
get
permanently.
This
is
a
fiscally
smart
decision,
permanent
affordability.
So
let's
make
that
a
firm
part
of
the
policy.
The
third
item
that
I'd
like
to
see
in
this
plan
is
something
that
that
chair
by
Lao
mentioned
in
her
speech
of
the
Canadian
Club.
We
need
real
regulatory
reform.
T
That
may
not
be
something
the
city
can
do
independently,
but
it's
something
the
city
needs
to
be
advocating
for
actively
right
now.
There
is
a
staggering
sum
of
money
being
made
in
the
development
industry
in
this
city.
The
city
commissioned
a
study
in
2014
that
showed
we
get
about
20%
of
the
value
of
the
new
density
that
we
create
for
the
industry,
whereas
Vancouver
gets
70%.
T
We
know
from
the
eysie
market
study
we
commissioned
this
year
and
another
study
from
the
maître
de
ssin
this
year
that
we
could,
in
some
neighborhoods
get
35%
of
all
the
units
committed
to
affordable
housing
and
still
enable
the
development
industry
to
make
massive
massive
profits.
So
the
taxpayers
and
the
renters
and
the
residents
of
this
city
ought
to
get
their
fair
share
of
the
wealth
that
city
council
creates
when
they
up
zone
and-
and
we
need
regulatory
reforms
to
capture
that
we
need
vacancy
taxes
and
inclusionary.
T
T
I
want
to
close
by
just
saying,
there's
some
great
ideas
in
this
plan.
There
are
also
ways
to
improve
it.
One
of
the
unfortunate
characteristics
of
this
plan
is
it
sets
out
goals
and
plans
in
a
general
way.
What
we
saw
with
the
housing
opportunities
Toronto
plan
was
the
importance
of
clear
and
crisp
commitments.
If
we
mean
it
the
language
of
the
plan
you
pass
today
should
say
it
clearly.
If
we
give
ourselves
wiggle
room,
we
will
wiggle
towards
what's
easiest,
and
this
is
going
to
be
a
hard
problem
to
solve.
So
we
owe
it.
T
L
Thank
you
very
much
Sean.
How
would
you
reconcile
the
the
perceived
dilemma
that,
if
we,
if
we
don't,
if
we
insist
on
permanent
affordability
try
to
to
to
strata
and
if
we,
and
if
we
don't,
if
we,
if
we
don't,
if
we're
not
able
to
achieve
that,
that
we
won't
be
able
to
build
housing
even
for
the
short-term
10
years,
15
years,
25
years,
we.
T
Have
housing
providers
out
there
who
are
begging
for
the
opportunity
to
build
permanently
affordable
housing,
the
not-for-profit
sector,
you
units
are
overwhelmingly
permanently
affordable
units.
The
not-for-profit
sector
wants
to
come
to
the
table
and
play
a
bigger
role
in
creating
purpose-built,
permanently
affordable
rental
housing
in
this
city
and
and
they
are
in
in
fairness,
being
squeezed
down
by
a
more
aggressive
private-sector
market
side
that
is
building
temporarily
affordable
units.
T
If
we
continue
to
say
oh,
it's
all
the
same
to
us,
they
will
continue
to
get
squeezed
out
and
we
will
continue
to
get
temporarily
affordable
units.
If
we
put
our
foot
down
and
say
permanence
is
right,
it's
makes
sense,
it
is
fiscally
more
responsible
and
it
guarantees
people
decent
housing.
Then
we
will
get
that,
but
we
can't
get
it
by
waffling
and
and.
L
T
I'm,
the
not
for
profit
sector
has
spoken
with
city
staff
on
several
occasions
to
talk
about
that.
The
challenge
that
is
there
this
would
level
that
playing
field,
and
then
the
for-profit
sector
could
come
and
compete
on
an
equal
basis.
They
could
provide
permanently
affordable
housing
if
they
want
to
do.
We.
L
You
you
mentioned
that
the
previous
plan
that
the
City
of
Toronto
had
we
had
some
some
vague
goals.
Those
vehicles
were
not
met.
This
particular
strategy.
The
housing
tío
action
plan-
has
about
thirteen
point
three
billion
dollars
of
funding.
That
is,
that
is
short
and
there's
a
request
here
somewhere
that
identifies
that
the
provincial
and
federal
government
must
step
up
with
thirteen
point
three
billion
dollars.
What
is
the
best
way
for
us
to
engage
those
orders
of
government?
Is
that
to
send
them
the
report
and
ask
them
to
consider
it.
T
So
I
think
I
think
we've
we've
conducted
an
experiment
on
this,
and
the
data
is
now
pretty
clear.
We
have
on
many
occasions,
sat
down
and
said
this
is
what
we
want
to
want
to
accomplish.
We
need
three
orders
of
government
to
it
to
do
it.
Please
come
to
the
table
and
let's
get
started,
and
we
have
waited
a
long
time
when
we've
used
that
model.
We
have
also
with
the
transit
system
and
with
TCH,
see
said
you
know
what
everyone
has
an
obligation
here.
We're
gonna
lead
by
stepping
up
to
our
obligation.
T
We're
gonna,
make
our
investment
right
now
and
deliver
on
our
share
and
and
we're
gonna.
Shame
you
until
you
come
to
the
table
and
that's
been
very
successful,
so
you
don't
have
to
guess
or
wonder
about
which
one
of
those
works.
The
answer
is
very
clear.
We
need
to
step
up
and
show
leadership
if
we
expect
anyone
else
to
come
to
the
table.
Would.
T
I
think
you
show
leadership.
The
only
way
to
show
leadership
is
through
action,
so
declaring
an
emergency
and
and
and
having
a
venue
to
have
that
conversation
is
part
of
leadership,
declaring
exactly
how
many
units
we
will
build,
no
matter
what
is
part
of
concrete
leadership
committing
to
permanence
and
affordability
is
part
of
leadership.
Those
kinds
of
firm
commitments
or
leadership.
Saying
we'd
like
to
achieve
this
goal:
that's
not
really
leadership.
Okay,
thank.
L
D
K
From
Bradford,
thanks
for
the
deputation
Sean,
thank
you.
So
you
mentioned
firm
commitments
and
I
just
like.
If
we
go
to
page
four
of
the
report,
are
you
referring
to
those
numbers
that
are
on
the
page
there,
the
40,000,
affordable
rental
homes,
18,000
new,
supportive
approvals,
homes,
minimum
25,
50
percent
of
the
40,000
new,
affordable
rental
and
supportive
Homes
dedicated
to
women's
rights?
Girls,
including
you,
know
my
households,
all
that
stuff.
Is
that
no.
T
I'm,
what
I'm
talking
about
is
something
slightly
different,
so
those
are
good
goals
and
they're
very
much
like
the
goals
we
had
in
the
hot
plan.
I
think
it's
I
think
it's
good
to
have
an
ambitious
goal
and
to
figure
out
what
we
want.
The
other
levels
of
government
to
come
and
do,
and
the
40,000
units
is
a
good
example
of
that
I
think
it's
also
very
very
necessary
for
the
city
to
say
what
it
is
going
to
do.
T
Even
if
the
others
don't
come
to
the
table,
are
we
gonna
build
20,000
of
those
units,
no
matter
what
and
make
that
commitment
and
make
our
investment?
That's
what
worked
with
TCH
see
that's
what
works
as
TTC,
but
why
the
hot
plan
struggle
is
we
set
a
really
good
goal.
We
set
a
goal
that
might
have
been
higher,
but
we
set
a
goal
and
then
we
waited
for
others
to
come
to
the
table
and
when
they
didn't,
we
couldn't
meet
it.
T
So
real
leadership
and
concrete
goals
is
to
say,
for
example,
in
item
four
in
the
staff
report,
where
we
say
we're
gonna
we're
looking
at
20,000
units
as
a
base
to
say
that
we
will
build
that,
regardless
of
what
other
orders
of
government
decide
to
do
that
that's
a
firm
goal.
A
firm
goal
is
a
goal
that
you
can
meet
with
your
own
resources
in
your
own
assets
and
then
a
stretch
target
or
an
ambitious
goal
is
what
you
can
meet.
If
other
people
come
along
with
you,
what.
K
T
I
think
if
we
have
a
manual
implementation
plans,
that's
a
good
way
to
not
end
up
where
we
did
in
year.
Eight
roughly
of
the
housing
opportunities
Toronto
plan,
where
the
social
Planning
Council
turn
to
the
city
and
said
you
know,
you're
5,000
units
behind
schedule.
Can
you
increase
investment
and
at
that
point
there
was
no
way
to
invest
enough
to
catch
up.
But
if
we're
holding
ourselves
to
our
own
commitments
to
independent
investments
every
year,
we
will
not
fall
behind
by
as
much
as
we
had
before
in
the
hot
plan.
So.
K
T
And
and
I
have
to
say,
the
city's
budgeting
process
has
run
many
many
different
ways.
Over
the
years
there
have
been
lots
of
systems
that
the
city
has
used
and
there
have
been
periods,
and
especially
there
have
been
issues
where
the
City
Council
decided,
because
it
is
a
choice.
The
City
Council
gets
to
make
that
this
item
will
go
in
the
budget
period
and
the
and
directed
the
budget
committee
to
include
it
in
the
budget
and
stood
by
that
council
has
that
capacity
under
this
plan.
T
Council
can
turn
to
the
budget
committee
and
say
this
is
the
target
it
will
go
in
the
budget
this
year
and
and
direct
them
to
include
it
in
the
budget
in
future
years.
There's
no
impediment
to
that
council
can
change
its
mind
subsequently,
but
a
great
place
to
start
is
to
say
this
will
be
an
investment
that
we
will
make
yeah.
K
I
think
when
you
look
when
we
look
at
like
our
spend
rates
on
on
different
things,
like
you
see
actually
across
a
bunch
of
divisions
like
we
sent
out
targets,
we
actually
allocate
dollars,
and
then
we
have
spend
rates
that
come
back
with
like
sixty
percent
or
less
and-
and
you
know,
one
of
the
things
with
with
these
challenges
is
like
lots
of
sites
across
the
city.
You
don't
at
this
moment
today
or
next
year.
We
don't
necessarily
know
what
sites
are
coming
forward.
K
What
the
partnership
frameworks
going
to
look
like,
so
you
can
allocate
dollars
like
it.
There's
definitely
challenges
in
the
long
term
planning
of
this
of
like
how
those
sites
are
coming
forward.
What
the
development
frameworks
gonna,
look
like
who's,
a
non-profit
partner
that
we're
gonna
be
working
with
yeah
and
you
know
so
allocating
dollars
and
resources
is
one
thing.
I
think
the
year-over-year
implementation
plan
helps
to
address
that.
But
it's
not
it's
not
just
as
straightforward
as
just
saying.
Oh
we're
gonna
do
this
and
then
do
it
like
yeah.
T
There's
a
lot
of
things
at
play
and
and
two
of
the
things
that
really
help
address
that
that
have
been
proposed
are
one
make
a
long
term
year-over-year
series
of
your
of
your
plans
so
that
staff
can
plan
around
it.
So
that
long
term
commitment
and
very
concrete
commitment,
not
saying
we
may
or
may
not
have
enough
to
build
4,000
units
this
year,
but
we
will
help
staff
plan
more
effectively.
T
The
other
is
that
one
of
the
things
that's
been
recommended
in
the
year-over-year
planning
is
that
every
year
we
report
and
we
show
how
we're
doing
and
we
adjust
the
future
plans
to
compensate
for
whatever
gaps
there
are
in
the
previous
year,
so
that
we
don't
find
ourselves
in
year.
Eight
saying,
oh
dear,
we
missed
on
your
three
five
and
seven
and
now
we're
way
behind.
We
know
by
year,
four,
we
missed
on
year
three
and
we're
already
planning
to
make
that
adjustment.
Yeah
I
got.
K
One
one
question:
okay,
one
can
I
ask
one
more
okay,
so
I'm
hearing
that
folks
are
concerned
about
us
speaking
and
contemplating
about
commitments
from
levels.
Other
levels
of
government,
which
I
would
suggest
other
levels
of
government
need
to
step
up
and
I.
Think
a
lot
of
our
advocacy
work
as
a
group
here
should
certainly
be
directed
as
well
and
other
levels
of
government,
but
I
guess.
The
question
is:
how
do
we?
How
do
we
bring
forward
an
action
plan?
The
tenure
action
plans
that
doesn't
contemplate
commitments
from
other
levels
of
government,
I?
D
T
You
sorry
Thanks
yeah,
Thank,
You
counselor,
so
there's
there's
a
couple
things
first
of
all,
I
absolutely
agree
with
the
plan
and
the
authors
of
the
plan
and
councillor
below
and
and
and
mr.
Gavin,
that
we
need
to
contemplate
and
and
advocate
for
other
levels
of
government
to
participate.
I
don't
want
anything.
I've
said
to
suggest
that
they
don't
absolutely
need
to
be
at
the
table
and
don't
have
a
moral
obligation
to
do
that.
T
I
think
that
there
are
two
other
things
to
keep
in
mind
though,
and
one
is
the
city
should
set
its
own
target
about
what
it
will
do,
regardless
of
how
well
that
advocacy
pans
out.
We
should
know
what
our
commitment
is
and
I'll
also
say
that,
where
we
have
done
that,
it's
been
incredibly
successful
at
leveraging
the
other
levels
of
government
when
we
put
our
money
on
the
table,
40,
CHC
repairs
and
told
the
feds
in
the
province
that
they
needed
to
step
up
the
feds
for
the
first
time
actually
came
to
the
table.
T
But
when
we
spent
the
previous
near
decade
asking
them
to
come
to
the
table
without
putting
up
money
out
of
our
own
as
a
clear,
firm
commitment,
they
deferred
and
demure.
So
we
know
from
our
own
experience
that
if
we
set
a
clear
target
for
ourselves
and
put
our
money
on
the
table,
we
do
a
better
job
of
bringing
them
to
the
table
and
we
need
to
do
both.