Toronto Music Advisory Committee
The full agenda, as filed
All 5 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
MA6.1received
Toronto Music Advisory Task Team Updates
Toronto Music Advisory Committee Task Team spokespeople will update members on ongoing work related to teams' goals.
The Toronto Music Advisory Committee received the item for information.
MA6.2received
Level UP! Program Presentation
City staff invited Margaret McGuffin (Music Publishers Canada) to give a presentation on Level UP!, a program which supports artists and creative industries workers with caring for family members, retirement planning, and other issues.
The Toronto Music Advisory Committee received the item for information.
MA6.3received
Relocation of the It’s Ok* Community Arts Studio
City staff will summarize recent work to identify suitable City-owned space as future leased premises for It's OK* Community Arts Studio on completion of the term at 468 Queen Street West.
The Toronto Music Advisory Committee received the item for information.
MA6.4received
Updates on New and Ongoing Music Office Work
The Program Manager, Music, Economic Development and Culture and the Supervisor, Special Events, Music, Economic Development and Culture will update members on new and ongoing Music Office work.
The Toronto Music Advisory Committee received the item for information.
MA6.5adopted
Affordable Housing for Workers in the Arts, Film, Television and Culture Sector
Dear Chair and Members of the Toronto Music Advisory Committee, We are all aware that housing affordability is a big issue for those who work in the arts sector and their ability to live and work in our city. With some success, I have worked to have artist housing designated as a part of affordable housing projects in my ward. 5 out of 26 coop apartments in the Riverdale Co-op redevelopment were designated and filled by artists. 16 of 40 coop apartments in new Don Somerville redevelopment are set aside for artist and cultural workers. The Film, Television, and Digital Media Advisory Board included film workers to be included as a priority group in the affordable housing plan in the McCleary District Precinct Plan that was approved at Economic and Community Development Committee on September 18th, 2024. I was pleased that City Council supported my motion at the recent Budget Council to formally include sector housing as part of new application system being developed to for affordable housing across the city: "City Council request the executive Director, Housing Secretariat, as part of the $4.5 million within the 2025 Capital Budget for the Housing secretariat to develop a new Choice Based Housing Access System for new affordable rental housing to provide for the inclusion of sector-specific resident targeting for important groups such as workers in the arts, film, television and culture sector." As this important work moves forward, I kindly request the Toronto Music Advisory Committee's support of this motion and initiative. By doing so, we can work together to improve access to affordable housing for workers in the arts, film, television, and culture sectors.
The Toronto Music Advisory Committee: 1. Endorsed the recommendation of City Council to the Housing Secretariat to ensure that workers in the arts, film, television, and culture sector are included as a priority group in the new Choice Based Housing Access System for new affordable rental housing and request that Toronto Music Advisory Committee be part of the consultation in the development of the new Choice Based Access System.
Staff recommendation as filed
That the Toronto Music Advisory Committee: 1. Endorse the recommendation of City Council to the Housing Secretariat to ensure that workers in the arts, film, television, and culture sector are included as a priority group in the new Choice Based Housing Access System for new affordable rental housing and request that Toronto Music Advisory Committee be part of the consultation in the development of the new Choice Based Access System.