• Improving Public Services and Cutting Red Tape to Speed Up The Process

    Improving Building and Construction Process Integration; Property Tax Freeze or Keeping Taxes Below Inflation Rate; Improving Traffic Gridlocks, Traffic Lights, City Streets, Sidewalks, Bike Lanes, Parking and Transportation

  • Improving Community and Quality of Life for People of Toronto

    More Support for Children, Youth, Parents, Seniors; Community Partners, Health and Wellness; Housing and Shelter; Public Safety, Alerts and Awareness

  • Building Business, Creating Jobs, and Growing Economy

    More Support for New Business and Startups, Industry Sector Support, Invest in Toronto, Business Operations and Growth, Partnerships and Sponsorships, Doing Business With City

Affordable Housing

We Will Building More Affordable Housing for You:

  • Adopt a revised “Toronto Housing Charter – Opportunity for All”
  • Enhance partnerships with indigenous community partners
  • Prevent homelessness and improve pathways to housing stability
  • Provide pathways to support women
  • Maintain and increase access to affordable rents
  • Meet diverse housing needs of seniors
  • Ensure well-maintained and secure home for renters
  • Support Toronto Community Housing and its residents
  • Continue the revitalization of neighborhoods
  • Create new rental housing responsive to residents’ needs
  • Help people buy, stay in and improve their homes
  • Improve accountability and transparency in delivery of housing services to residents
  • Enhance partnerships and intergovernmental strategy

Who it will help:

  • 341,000+ households

40,000 new affordable rental homes approvals including:

  • 18,000 new supportive homes approvals for vulnerable residents including people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless
  • 10,000 new affordable rental and supportive homes for women and girls including female-led households

10,000 evictions prevented for low-income households

Improving affordability of 40,000 households
31,000 households to receive up to $4,800 per year/household in Canada Housing Benefit
9,000 households to continue to receive housing allowances

Maintaining affordability for 2,300 non-profit homes after expiry of their operating agreements
Providing supportive services to 10,000 individuals and families in supportive housing

Improve housing conditions for 74,800 households by repairing and revitalizing Toronto’s rental housing stock, including:

  • Repair of 58,500 Toronto Community Housing units
  • Bringing 2,300 private homes to a state-of-good repair
  • Addition of 14,000 new market and affordable homes with 5,000 replacement home in eight TCHC communities

10,010 seniors remain in their homes or move to ling-term care facilities by:

  • Redeveloping five City-owned long-term homes including 1,232 existing beds and 978 new beds
  • Supporting the creation 1,500 new non-profit long-term care beds
  • Home repair assistance for 300 eligible low-income senior homeowners
  • Property tax relief for 6,000 eligible seniors

4,000 new affordable non-profit home ownership opportunities
150,000 first-time home buyers assisted through first-time Municipal Land Transfer Tax Rebate Program

Sandeep SRIVASTAVA for MAYOR of Toronto