[homeles_ot-l] Unanimous - Toronto Affordable Housing Committee backs 10-year housing plan

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . . Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)

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From: hhno-on-owner at povnet.org [mailto:hhno-on-owner at povnet.org] On Behalf
Of Michael Shapcott
Sent: May 20, 2009 5:13 PM
To: Michael Shapcott
Subject: [hhno-on] WI backgrounder: Unanimous - TO Affordable Housing
Committee backs 10-year housing plan

 

The City of Toronto’s Affordable Housing Committee unanimously backed the
proposed 10-year housing plan called HYPERLINK
"http://www.toronto.ca/affordablehousing/hot.htm"Housing Opportunities
Toronto at its meeting earlier today. The committee heard from a number of
witnesses, including Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human
Rights Commission (a former Mayor of Toronto); Michael Shapcott, Director,
Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at the Wellesley Institute, and
other housing and community leaders. The plan, which was amended by the
committee after hearing concerns from the Wellesley Institute and others
about some details, including the targets, goes to the full City Council for
a vote in early July. Minutes of the committee meeting will be posted
HYPERLINK "http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2009/agendas/ah.htm"here once they
are available.

 

 Toronto’s housing plan includes an innovative Housing Charter, which
guarantees Torontonians the right to healthy and affordable homes. However,
the Wellesley Institute and others argued that the low targets for new
affordable rental homes and supportive housing (among other housing
initiatives) would mean that Torontonians would also be guaranteed a very
long waiting period before they moved into their new home. Councillor Howard
Moscoe proposed an amendment to review the city’s targets, along with the
targets set out in other recent comprehensive housing plans, such as the
Wellesley Institute’s HYPERLINK
"http://wellesleyinstitute.com/theblueprint"Blueprint to End Homelessness in
Toronto from 2006. Councillor Adam Vaughan gave an eloquent speech on the
need to create inclusive communities, and the committee also voted to
strengthen the inclusionary housing provisions in the draft plan.
Inclusionary housing is a planning practice used by hundreds of U.S. cities
that requires developers to include a certain percentage of truly affordable
homes in every new development. A backgrounder from the Wellesley Institute
on the plan is posted HYPERLINK
"http://wellesleyinstitute.com/building-s-housing-plan-ground"here. 

 

-          Michael  

 

 

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Michael Shapcott | Director, Affordable Housing and Social Innovation |
Wellesley Institute 

45 Charles St E, Suite 101                    Tel: 416.972.1010 ext 231
Toronto, ON, Canada,  M4Y 1S2           Mobile: 416.605.8316  
E-mail:   michael at wellesleyinstitute.com

 

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