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Economic and Community Development Committee · 2025-07-09 · 2025.EC22.3

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Highlights of the 2024 Street Needs Assessment and Advancing the City's Shelter Infrastructure

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2025-07-09 · Economic and Community Development Committee · amended

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The Economic and Community Development Committee: 1. Directed the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Parking Authority, to report back to Economic and Community Development Committee

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in the first quarter of 2026 on the feasibility of locating city-operated micro-shelters within underutilized TTC parking lots.

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This report provides an overview of the results of the 2024 Street Needs Assessment and Toronto Shelter and Support Services' (TSSS) shelter infrastructure plan as part of the Council-approved Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy (HSCIS) . It also provides an update on other TSSS shelter development projects, including the Housing and Shelter Infrastructure Development project (HSID) and the George Street Revitalization (GSR) project.

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In October 2024, TSSS conducted its sixth Street Needs Assessment (SNA), working collaboratively with community partners in the homelessness and allied sectors. This report provides key highlights of the main findings of the SNA, which directly inform HSCIS and TSSS's upcoming Five-Year Strategic Plan. The report includes a summary of the City's progress in the development of new shelters under HSCIS, including an update on new shelter locations confirmed to date. In alignment with HSCIS, this report provides an update on the Council-approved COVID-19 Shelter and Transition Plan, outlining next steps to decommission large shelter programs. This report also responds to City Council's direction in EC13.8 to explore the use of micro shelters as a rapid shelter program model on vacant or under-utilized City-owned lands. In order to support securing a potential location with a viable operating model, the City will release an Expression of Interest (EOI) for a partner-led micro shelter pilot initiative.

Staff recommended

The General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management recommend that: 1. Economic and Community Development Committee receive this report for information.

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