Request for Accessibility Housing Task Force and Report on Accessibility Initiatives

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2022-06-15 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on June 15 and 16, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to review the Terms of Reference and membership of the existing Housing Now Accessible Housing Working Group and expand the scope beyond Housing Now to include other accessible housing-related matters, and to ensure proper representation to accommodate this expanded scope. 2. City Council request

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the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to engage third-party accessible housing experts, including those with lived experience, to support the work of the Accessible Housing Working Group, and to report back to City Council in the third quarter of 2023 with recommendations to increase the supply of accessible affordable housing, based on feedback from the Working Group, as well as data and evidence.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

At its meeting on May 5, 2022, the Toronto Accessibility Committee considered Item DI20.1 and made recommendations to City Council and the Executive Committee. At the invitation of the Chair, Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee, Mayor John Tory addressed the Committee.

Staff recommended

The Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the Mayor to establish a task force on Accessible Housing. 2. The Executive Committee direct the City Manager to report to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee with information on all accessibility initiatives that have been approved as part of the 2022 approved budget, as well as those being considered, undertaken or planned

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for the City of Toronto, along with timelines and necessary funding required for implementation, to allow for the Committee's input on priorities.

Considered

2022-06-08 · Executive Committee · amended
Decision as filed
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to review the Terms of Reference and membership of the existing Housing Now Accessible Housing Working Group and expand the scope beyond Housing Now to include other accessible housing-related matters, and to ensure proper representation to accommodate this expanded scope. 2. City Council request the Executive Director,
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Housing Secretariat to engage third-party accessible housing experts, including those with lived experience, to support the work of the Accessible Housing Working Group, and to report back to City Council in the third quarter of 2023 with recommendations to increase the supply of accessible affordable housing, based on feedback from the Working Group, as well as data and evidence.
Clerk’s note
The Executive Committee: 1. Directed the City Manager to report to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee with information on all accessibility initiatives that have been approved as part of the 2022 approved budget, as well as those being considered, undertaken or planned for the City of Toronto, along with timelines and necessary funding required for implementation, to allow for the Committee's input on priorities.
2022-06-15 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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