The filed record
Right-sizing Regent Park - Providing Adequate Affordable Housing to Under-housed Families - by Councillor Chris Moise, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher
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The decision
2024-03-20 · Toronto City Council · adopted
As filed
City Council on March 20 and 21, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Board of Directors of Toronto Community Housing Corporation to direct the President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, in collaboration with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to conduct a review, including a needs assessment, in Regent Park that identifies under-housed households. 2. City Council request the Board of Directors of Toronto Community Housing Corporation to direct the President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, to develop a process to respond to the findings of Part 1 above in a manner that: a.
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considers right-sizing of under-housed households in Regent Park; and b. emphasizes transparency in communications to tenants about eligibility for internal transfers within Regent Park.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
Household composition in Regent Park has significantly changed since revitalization began in 2007, causing both growth and shrinkage in family size. My office has been inundated with distress calls and emails from residents grappling with living conditions that do not meet the needs of their families. Some residents, who were on an internal transfer waitlist find themselves in limbo as this waitlist was discontinued without resolving their housing situations.
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This compromises their quality of life but also raises serious concerns about their health, privacy, and safety, particularly for children. As we approach the final phases of the revitalization process, there is a need to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment, and establish transparent eligibility criteria for internal transfers.
Staff recommended
Councillor Chris Moise, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher that: 1. City Council request the Board of Directors of Toronto Community Housing Corporation to direct the President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, in collaboration with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to conduct a review including a needs assessment in Regent Park that identifies under-housed households. 2.
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City Council request the Board of Directors of Toronto Community Housing Corporation to direct the President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, to develop a process to respond to the findings of recommendation 1 above in a manner that: a. considers right-sizing of under-housed households in Regent Park, and b. emphasizes transparency in communications to tenants about eligibility for internal transfers within Regent Park.
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