Implementing Tenants First - A New Seniors Housing Corporation and Proposed Changes to Toronto Community Housing Corporation's Governance

2. City Council request the City Manager and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services to consult with former board members of the Metropolitan Toronto Housing Corporation prior to proceeding with the creation of a new Seniors Housing Corporation. 3. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services to work with Toronto Community Housing to establish a Senior Tenants Advisory Committee, a Senior Tenants Accessibility Advisory Committee and other relevant bodies to ensure that senior tenants can directly access, inform and influence services and programs to be provided by the new Seniors Housing Corporation. Implementation of the Integrated Service Model 4. City Council, as sole shareholder, direct the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors to direct the President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation to implement the integrated service model for seniors as described in Attachment 5 to the report (June 21, 2019) from the City Manager and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, beginning with 10 sites selected from the 83 designated seniors-designated buildings in 2020 in partnership with the City and the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network until such time as the new City services corporation referenced in Part 1 above is established. 5. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, to oversee the implementation of the integrated service model for seniors beginning with 10 sites selected from the 83 designated seniors buildings in 2020 in partnership with Toronto Community Housing Corporation and the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network and submit a business case as part of the 2020 budget for any additional resources and funding required. 6. City Council direct the General Manager, Seniors Services and Long-Term Care to develop and report to City Council in 2020 on a new accountability framework and a corresponding implementation plan for the integrated service model. 7. City Council request the Deputy City Manager Community and Social Services, in consultation with the President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation to pilot a modified integrated service model for implementation in the former seniors buildings identified in Attachment 2 to the report (May 2, 2018) from the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration in Item 2018.EX34.3 starting with 1901 Weston Road and 10 Glen Everest Road and to identify the required resources and timing schedule through the 2020 Budget Process. Creation of a City Housing Corporation Relationship Unit 8. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, to design and implement a new accountability framework including the creation of a City Housing Corporation relationship unit reporting to the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, that coordinates the City's relationship with Toronto Community Housing Corporation and the proposed seniors housing corporation. 9. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to augment internal resources as necessary by retaining external legal services specializing in: a. the establishment and governance of public service corporations and associated board governance to expedite the process of establishing and forming a wholly-owned City services corporation to manage and operate Toronto Community Housing's 83 seniors designated buildings; and b. legal, financial and labour implications of the transfer to Toronto Community Housing Corporation's real estate development functions to CreateTO on the City in alignment with the City-wide real estate model. Transition of Toronto Community Housing Corporation's Development Functions to CreateTO 10. City Council approve in principle the transfer of Toronto Community Housing Corporation's real estate development functions to CreateTO and/or the City in alignment with the City-wide real estate model, including infill housing opportunities, the functions related to treatment of property and property related transactions and direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and the Chief Executive Officer and President, Toronto Community Housing Corporation to complete a due diligence process to ensure an appropriate understanding of the legal, financial and labour implications of the transfer and report back by the end of 2019 with a transfer plan including governance. 11. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, as part of the due diligence process to transfer Toronto Community Housing's real estate development functions to CreateTO and/or the City, to: a. assess options for the organizational structure of the different functions outlined below to ensure on-going coordination between these functions and consistent service to tenants during revitalization projects: - development (e.g. planning, design, construction management, etc.); - commercial business and leasing; - tenant and community services (including tenant engagement); - relocation and return; and - asset management (including contract management and facilities management for on-going capital maintenance work); b. consult with a range of stakeholders involved in past or current revitalization projects to ensure an appropriate understanding of the implications of the transfer, including but not limited to tenants and community working groups in revitalization communities, local Councillors, development partners, and City and Toronto Community Housing staff; and c. include updates on Parts 11.a. and b. above in the report back by the end of 2019. 12. City Council direct that all proposals relating to future revitalizations and redevelopment opportunities of Toronto Community Housing assets, including any demolition and reconstruction of multiple buildings and infill opportunities, be directed to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, for review and recommendation working, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning prior to being recommended to City Council for approval. 13. City Council, as sole shareholder, direct the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors to direct the President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation to co-ordinate through the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, who will work in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to identify opportunities for new affordable rental housing units on Toronto Community Housing Corporation lands through a program of infill construction in which the City of Toronto, or one of its agencies, retains ownership of all land currently held, unless City Council determines the ownership of these lands is no longer in the public interest. 14. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to review potential infill projects on Toronto Community Housing Corporation lands on an accelerate basis through the Housing Now approval process. Continue to Transfer Uninhabitable Houses to Non-profit Organizations 15. City Council direct the City Manager to expedite the transfers of Toronto Community Housing Corporation Uninhabitable Houses by adding the houses listed in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 21, 2019) from the City Manager and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services to the list of Uninhabitable Houses approved by Council in Item 2018.EX34.3. 16. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to work with the President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to meet with the current long term leaseholder of 45 Canyon Road, to explore all opportunities and options, including consideration of the transfer of land and/or air rights, to intensify the site with rental housing which will include consideration of providing an element of seniors housing [and/or affordable housing] on the property at 45 Canyon Road and report back to the Executive Committee by the fourth quarter of 2019. 17. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 21, 2019) from the City Manager and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services remain confidential in its entirety as it pertains to the security of the property of the municipality or one of its agencies or corporations. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 21, 2019) from the City Manager and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to the security of the property of the municipality or one of its agencies or corporations.