Advancing the Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy (HSCIS) and the 2025 Shelter Infrastructure Plan

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2024-06-26 · Toronto City Council · amended

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City Council on June 26 and 27, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend the 2024 Capital Budget and 2025 - 2033 Capital Plan for Toronto Shelter and Support Services to create a new capital project called "Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy" with a project cost of $89.5 million, with cash flows commitments of $57.3 million in 2024 and a future commitment of $32.2 million in 2025, fully funded by the City Building Fund, in order to proceed with the due diligence and acquisition of properties.

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2. City Council request the Government of Canada to provide $674.5 million in funding over 10 years to support the capital funding needs of Toronto's Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy. 3. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, and the Chief Procurement Officer, to extend the use of Request for Supplier Qualifications solicitations Doc3982873048 and Doc3829596667 for Rapid Build Construction and Traditional Build Construction, established for the Rapid Housing Initiative to the Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy until such time as updated Request for Supplier Qualifications are issued in 2025, including any amendments to the documents necessary to reflect such changes in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, but excluding the approvals and delegated authorities set out in Part 13 of Item 2021.PH26.4. 4. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, to launch a City-wide public engagement and consultation to collect feedback and ideas on the Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy and the 2025 Shelter Infrastructure Plan to build public understanding of the scale of challenges faced by the City in developing shelters, to strengthen our implementation of the current plan and towards future shelter capital planning.

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Adopt Item as Amended · Carried, 23-1

Against (1)Stephen Holyday

Absent (1)Josh Matlow

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This report provides an update on Toronto Shelter and Support Services' (TSSS) long-term, proactive approach to capital planning through the new Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy (HSCIS). This report also seeks funding to increase the total number of new long-term and permanent spaces in the base shelter system by 1,600 spaces between 2024 and 2033. The majority of these new spaces will replace the temporary spaces secured during the COVID-19 pandemic, including hotel sites, and will support recovery and stability of the shelter system.

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The requested funding will advance securing up to five new shelter sites in 2024 through acquisitions, and additional sites through development on existing City-owned land for the first phase of the HSCIS. The City is in active negotiations with the federal government to secure capital funding for the HSCIS Strategy. This report also provides an update on other TSSS shelter development projects as part of the 2025 Shelter Infrastructure Plan as required by the Emergency Shelter Development Process (ESDP), approved by City Council in 2017. The Infrastructure Plan provides updates on the Housing and Shelter Infrastructure Development project (HSID, formerly 1,000 beds), the George Street Revitalization (GSR) project, in addition to the new projects as part of the HSCIS that will begin in 2024. Finally, this report provides an update on the Council-approved COVID-19 Shelter Transition and Relocation Plan, including de-commissioning plans for temporary shelter hotel locations with the largest (more than 200) single adult and chronically homeless populations.

Staff recommended

The General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management recommend that: 1. City Council amend the 2024 Capital Budget and 2025 - 2033 Capital Plan for Toronto Shelter and Support Services to create a new capital project called "Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy (HSCIS)" with a project cost of $89.5 million, with cash flows commitments of $57.3 million in 2024 and a future commitment of $32.2 million in 2025, fully funded by the City Building Fund, in order to proceed with the due diligence and acquisition of properties.

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Considered

2024-06-18 · Executive Committee · amended
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The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council amend the 2024 Capital Budget and 2025 - 2033 Capital Plan for Toronto Shelter and Support Services to create a new capital project called "Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy" with a project cost of $89.5 million, with cash flows commitments of $57.3 million in 2024 and a future commitment of $32.2 million in 2025, fully funded by the City Building Fund, in order to proceed with the due diligence and acquisition of properties.
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2. City Council request the Government of Canada to provide $674.5 million in funding over 10 years to support the capital funding needs of Toronto's Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy. 3. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, and the Chief Procurement Officer, to extend the use of Request for Supplier Qualifications solicitations Doc3982873048 and Doc3829596667 for Rapid Build Construction and Traditional Build Construction, established for the Rapid Housing Initiative to the Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy until such time as updated Request for Supplier Qualifications are issued in 2025, including any amendments to the documents necessary to reflect such changes in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, but excluding the approvals and delegated authorities set out in Part 13 of Item 2021.PH26.4.
Clerk’s note
The Executive Committee directed the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services to report directly to the June 26, 27 and 28, 2024 meeting of City Council elaborating on the design and program model of the new shelters developed under the Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy.
2024-06-26 · Toronto City Council · amended

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