Council to authorize release of Section 37 funds for security cameras at Toronto Community Housing properties in St. James Town and Moss Park
City Council is being asked to authorize the release of Section 37 funds to Toronto Community Housing to install closed-circuit television cameras and related security infrastructure at six residential addresses in St. James Town and Moss Park. The funds derive from development agreements on Queen Street East, Richmond Street East, Ontario Street, and Brigden Road; tenants at these properties have raised consistent concerns about building security, unauthorized entry, and anti-social behaviour. The motion responds to community safety meetings convened by Councillor Chris Moise's office and TCHC.
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Residents of St. James Town and Moss Park can contact their ward councillor to express support or concern before the vote. The item is on the published agenda for July 29, 2026.
Why is this story here?
ContainedThe motion directs section 37 funds already collected and earmarked for community benefits toward a specific security infrastructure project at six TCHC addresses. The decision is bounded to these properties and the funds committed are finite; a future council could redirect remaining section 37 funds or allocate TCHC capital differently, so the reversibility is moderate. This is a genuine decision about the deployment of collected funds, but it does not constrain future major policies or institutional structures.Touches a narrow groupThe security camera installation directly affects residents of St. James Town and Moss Park, which is a narrow geographic group. However, the effect is not yet realized and no installation has begun, so the present salience is indirect: it is about a group that will benefit, but the benefit has not arrived this week. The item proposes an allocation; it does not yet mean new cameras at anyone's building.
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Official title: Authorization to Release Section 37 Funds to Toronto Community Housing for Security Cameras - by Councillor Chris Moise, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher · meeting video