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2026-11-10 · 8 stories from 8 items

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development

CreateTO decides · Tue, Nov 10

CreateTO board asked to direct redevelopment work at 770 Don Mills Road

Ward 16, Don Valley East

CreateTO's board is asked to direct the chief executive to work with the Housing Development Office on a redevelopment strategy for 770 Don Mills Road. The proposal would also have staff work with Flemingdon Health Centre and The Neighborhood Organization on dedicated space, with staff reporting back in the first quarter of 2027.

How to act

The item is on the CreateTO board agenda for November 10.

The journey

Tue, Nov 10 · CreateTO · scheduled, not yet heard
Why is this story here?
ContainedThe item concerns one City-owned site at 770 Don Mills Road and a report-back on space for two community organizations, a bounded decision that a future board could revisit.Touches a narrow groupIf adopted as proposed, staff would work on a strategy and report back, touching one site and a small group of community service users at one remove.

Stories are ordered by how much weight a decision carries and how directly it reaches daily life. They rise as a decision date approaches and fall as they age.

housing

CreateTO decides · Tue, Nov 10

CreateTO board is asked to hear an update on Dunn House supportive housing expansion

Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

The CreateTO board is asked to hear a staff update on the next phase of expansion for the Dunn House social medicine supportive housing initiative, which would expand the program. The presentation is to cover the expanded model, how it works and the next phase of expansion. No vote has been taken, and the meeting is on November 10.

How to act

The journey

Tue, Nov 10 · CreateTO · scheduled, not yet heard
Why is this story here?
ContainedThe item is a staff presentation on the next phase of expansion for one supportive housing initiative. Nothing is decided at this meeting, and the agenda does not describe a multi-year commitment or a change to control of a budget.Touches a narrow groupIf the expansion proceeds, the effect falls on a small specific group of people who would be housed through the Dunn House initiative, not on most residents.

Stories are ordered by how much weight a decision carries and how directly it reaches daily life. They rise as a decision date approaches and fall as they age.

housing

CreateTO decides · Tue, Nov 10

CreateTO board to hear update on Build Canada Homes portfolio

Citywide

CreateTO's board is asked to hear a staff update on the Build Canada Homes portfolio, including project addresses and total unit counts. The presentation would also outline the delivery model for CreateTO-led projects. No new date was set for the next steps.

How to act

The journey

Tue, Nov 10 · CreateTO · scheduled, not yet heard
Why is this story here?
ContainedThe item is a presentation on portfolio details and an anticipated delivery model; it decides nothing at this meeting, and its substance is bounded to the listed projects.Touches a narrow groupIf the board hears the update, nothing changes on the ground; the projects it describes would touch residents at the listed addresses only over time.

Stories are ordered by how much weight a decision carries and how directly it reaches daily life. They rise as a decision date approaches and fall as they age.

money

CreateTO decides · Tue, Nov 10

CreateTO is asked to decide on its 2027 operating budget

Citywide

CreateTO is asked to decide on its 2027 operating budget, which would send it to the City at net zero. The agency said it applies a city-wide lens to more than 8,400 Toronto properties and unlocks opportunity in the Port Lands.

How to act

The journey

Tue, Nov 10 · CreateTO · scheduled, not yet heard
Why is this story here?
ContainedThe item is the agency's annual operating budget, which the agenda says is submitted at net zero. It is a bounded, annual decision and not a structural change.Invisible to residentsIf adopted as proposed, the agency's operating budget takes effect. The record gives no service change or public-facing effect for residents.

Stories are ordered by how much weight a decision carries and how directly it reaches daily life. They rise as a decision date approaches and fall as they age.

democracy

CreateTO decides · Tue, Nov 10

CreateTO board is asked to receive the chief executive's November update

Citywide

The CreateTO board is asked to receive the chief executive officer's November report on operational and policy matters. It would be an update covering recent intergovernmental announcements, the agency's three lines of business, and recent announcements and activities. No vote has been taken, and the item has not yet come before the board. No new date was set.

How to act

The journey

Tue, Nov 10 · CreateTO · scheduled, not yet heard
Why is this story here?
RoutineThe agenda describes an operational update. Receiving the report changes nothing in substance on its own.Invisible to residentsIf the board receives the report as proposed, nothing changes for residents, since receiving an update takes no action.

Stories are ordered by how much weight a decision carries and how directly it reaches daily life. They rise as a decision date approaches and fall as they age.

housing

CreateTO decides · Tue, Nov 10

CreateTO board to hear 2026 housing progress update

Citywide

The CreateTO board is asked to hear a 2026 housing progress update on the agency's sites. The update covers sites under construction, sites with secured proponents and sites in a market offering process, and an attached project list names each project.

How to act

The journey

Tue, Nov 10 · CreateTO · scheduled, not yet heard
Why is this story here?
RoutineThe agenda describes a progress report on existing housing priority work. Receiving it changes nothing in substance on its own.Invisible to residentsIf the board receives the update as proposed, nothing changes for residents; the update only reports on project status.

Stories are ordered by how much weight a decision carries and how directly it reaches daily life. They rise as a decision date approaches and fall as they age.

money

CreateTO decides · Tue, Nov 10

CreateTO to decide on second quarter 2026 financial results

Citywide

CreateTO is asked to consider its financial results for the six months ended June 30, which would show the agency operating on a net zero basis. Total expenditures are tracking $0.30 million lower than budget, and annual spending is projected to match the budget of $16.26 million gross, $0 net.

How to act

The journey

Tue, Nov 10 · CreateTO · scheduled, not yet heard
Why is this story here?
RoutineThe item reports financial results for the first half of the year and discloses spending against budget. It changes nothing in substance, so it fails the test of whether anything about the city would differ if the item were removed from the agenda.Invisible to residentsOnce received, the report changes no service, fee or street. Only the agency's own accounts are reported, so no resident notices the outcome.

Stories are ordered by how much weight a decision carries and how directly it reaches daily life. They rise as a decision date approaches and fall as they age.

housing

CreateTO decides · Tue, Nov 10

CreateTO board to decide whether to receive update on Toronto Builds project criteria

Citywide

The CreateTO board is asked to receive an update on the evaluation criteria for CreateTO-led projects advanced under the Toronto Builds Policy Framework. The Housing Development Committee asked for more information on the evaluation process on July 7. No new date was set for the board's decision.

How to act

The item is on the published agenda for the CreateTO board's November 10 meeting. The record does not state a public comment window.

The journey

Tue, Nov 10 · CreateTO · scheduled, not yet heard
Why is this story here?
RoutineThis is an update report on evaluation criteria. The agenda summary does not propose a change to the criteria themselves.Invisible to residentsIf received as proposed, the item takes no action on its own, so no resident would notice an effect.

Stories are ordered by how much weight a decision carries and how directly it reaches daily life. They rise as a decision date approaches and fall as they age.

The full agenda, as filed

All 8 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.