Ombudsman Toronto Housing Unit Status Report 2024

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2024-12-17 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Deputy Ombudsman (Housing) to provide updates on Ombudsman Toronto's Housing Unit's Housing Rights Framework at each Housing Rights Advisory Committee meeting in 2025. 2. City Council request the City Manager to report to the January 28, 2025, meeting of the Executive Committee on the original functions of a Housing Commissioner as set out in City Council decision 2019.PH11.5 with respect to: a.

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the review and assessment of systemic issues and hurdles in the implementation of the revised Toronto Housing Charter and HousingTO 2020-2030; b. providing expertise on housing as a human right; c. making recommendations to City Council; and d. providing advice to the public service to the City Manager, Deputy City Managers, and relevant divisions.

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Adopt Item · Carried, 23-1

Against (1)Stephen Holyday

Absent (2)Shelley Carroll, Vincent Crisanti

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City Council on July 24 and 25, 2024, referred Item CC20.3 to the Economic and Community Development Committee for consideration. Summary from the report (July 17, 2024) from the Ombudsman on Ombudsman Toronto Housing Unit Status Report 2024. Pursuant to section 170(2) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 (COTA), the purpose of this report is to provide City Council with a status report describing the activities of Ombudsman Toronto's Housing Unit since its creation in July 2023.

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In less than a year, the Housing Unit has been fully staffed, developed its infrastructure, launched two investigations, provided consultations to City staff, and met with more than 170 people through their engagement work. Notably, the Housing Unit has also developed a framework that uses the concept of housing as a human right to guide their investigations, the first of its kind for an Ombudsman organization in Canada.

Considered

2024-11-26 · Economic and Community Development Committee · amended
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The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the Deputy Ombudsman (Housing) to provide updates on Ombudsman Toronto's Housing Unit's Housing Rights Framework at each Housing Rights Advisory Committee meeting in 2025. 2. City Council request the City Manager to report to the January 28, 2025 meeting of the Executive Committee on the original functions of a Housing Commissioner as set out in City Council decision 2019.PH11.5 with respect to: a.
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the review and assessment of systemic issues and hurdles in the implementation of the revised Toronto Housing Charter and HousingTO 2020-2030; b. providing expertise on housing as a human right; c. making recommendations to City Council; and d. providing advice to the public service to the City Manager, Deputy City Managers, and relevant divisions.
2024-12-17 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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