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Housing Now Progress Update
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2021-11-22 · CreateTO · amended
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The Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Requested the Vice President, Development, CreateTO to report to the Board to outline and confirm how all new buildings will achieve net zero carbon emissions or Tier 3, Version 4 of the Toronto Green Standard.
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On January 30, 2019, City Council approved a signature affordable housing program, the "Housing Now Initiative," to leverage City-owned land for the purpose of creating new, mixed-use, mixed-income communities near transit. Through the Initiative, 11 properties were initially identified for development, with the potential to create a total of 10,000 new residential units. On May 28, 2020, Council approved the addition of six more sites to the Housing Now Initiative with the potential to create 1,455 to 1,700 additional residential units.
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On October 28, 2021 Planning and Housing Committee endorsed four Phase Three sites which will be considered by Council on November 9th and 10th. These sites are estimated to add between 1,150 and 1,400 net new homes, including between 450 to 600 affordable rental homes. The Housing Now Initiative is coordinated through a Steering Committee composed of senior staff from the Housing Secretariat, City Planning and CreateTO. The purpose of this report is to provide the CreateTO Board of Directors with a broad status update on the progress made to-date on activating the 17 properties.
Staff recommended
The Vice President, Development recommends that: 1. The Board of Directors of CreateTO receive this report for information.
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