| 139713 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | 52200000 | Y | PLAN_ACT | 7-9 Wardlaw Crescent - City-Initiated Zoning By-law Amendment - Decision Report - Approval | 2025.PH20.1 | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report reviews and recommends approval of a City-initiated Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a four-storey (15-metre, excluding mechanical penthouse) residential apartment building with 51 new affordable rental dwelling units with wrap-around supports at 7-9 Wardlaw Crescent in the Rexdale neighbourhood.</p>
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<p>This project will support the City in delivering a full range of housing opportunities, aligned with the objectives of the Official Plan. It also supports the delivery of the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan ("HousingTO Plan") target of approving 65,000 rent-controlled homes, including 18,000 supportive homes, within complete communities. Further, this project builds upon significant and successful City experience in leading or supporting the creation of new affordable and supportive housing, with twenty-five developments completed or underway in thirteen wards across Toronto since 2020.</p>
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<p>Approval of the recommendations in this report will enable the City to move quickly to start construction on this project in summer 2025, with completion in fall 2026 to ensure 51 residents in need of permanent, affordable housing with supports have a safe place to call home. This includes people from equity-deserving groups such as seniors, youth, refugees/newcomers, and people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.</p> | 20 | 1 | CMMTTEE | PH | 1 - Etobicoke North | N | 1745380800000 | … | Report | ACTION | Amended | Main | Planning Act, RSO 1990 | Public Notice Given | Committee | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | ACTION | true | Amended | 9:30 AM | … | … | … | … | — | — | — | — |
| 139863 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | NO_ACTN | — | N | — | 7-9 Wardlaw Crescent - City-Initiated Zoning By-law Amendment Decision Report - Approval - Supplementary Report | 2025.PH20.1a | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This supplementary report provides additional information for Planning and Housing Committee about the community engagement process undertaken related to the new supportive housing development at 7-9 Wardlaw Crescent. Attachment 1 to this supplementary report contains the Community Engagement Summary report prepared by the City’s engagement consultant, summarizing the engagement activities, what was heard, and feedback provided.</p> | 20 | 1 | CMMTTEE | PH | 1 - Etobicoke North | N | 1745380800000 | … | Report | ACTION | No Action | Main | — | — | Committee | … |
| 139639 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | — | N | — | Implementation Guidelines for Rental Replacement | 2025.PH20.2 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report responds to City Council’s request for the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to evaluate the current approach to calculating rent gap assistance, report back on compliance with tenant assistance policies, and publish updated implementation guidelines for Rental Housing Demolition applications submitted under Chapter 667 of Toronto Municipal Code (“Chapter 667”) that require replacement of existing rental housing.</p>
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<p>Throughout November and December 2024, staff undertook consultations with tenants, development industry and tenant advocacy stakeholder groups. This report provides an overview of consultation feedback, highlights areas of implementation that stakeholders identified for improvement, and outlines recent and ongoing rental replacement process changes to address stakeholder feedback, including continuous engagement with tenants, data collection practices, and enforcement of the rental demolition policy framework.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Staff have drafted a Rental Replacement Handbook (the "Handbook"), which sets out updated rental replacement implementation practices and is included as Attachment 1. It will be posted on the City’s website following review by key stakeholders. The Handbook is a new plain-language resource that will provide transparency and guidance to members of the public and the development industry. Staff will continue to consult on the Handbook with stakeholders for ongoing improvement.</p>
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<p>Staff have evaluated and consulted on the current approach for calculating rent gap assistance. Based on the analysis and consultations, staff recommend maintaining the current approach of using use Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation data for average market rents for rental units built in or after 2015, with an adjustment to use zone specific data where available.</p>
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<p>Legal Services, Housing Secretariat, and Toronto Building were consulted in the preparation of this report.</p> |
| 139700 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | — | N | — | 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act | 2025.PH20.3 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the four adjacent properties at 750 Yonge Street (including entrance address at 750A Yonge Street), 752 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 752A Yonge Street and 754 Yonge Street), 756 Yonge Street and 758 Yonge Street (hereafter referred to as 756-758 Yonge Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for their cultural heritage value according to the Statements of Significance, which include descriptions of heritage attributes, found in Attachments 1, 2, and 3.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject properties at 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street are located on the west side of Yonge Street, mid-block between Charles Street West and Bloor Street West, in the Bay-Cloverhill neighbourhood. A location map and current photograph of the heritage properties are found in Attachment 4.</p>
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<p>The properties at 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street contain three contiguous three-storey buildings constructed in 1912, 1890, and 1909, respectively. 750 Yonge Street is a mixed-use commercial building designed by the architects Curry and Sparling in the Renaissance Revival style. 752 and 756-758 Yonge Street are mixed-use commercial buildings designed in the Edwardian Classicism architectural style. Collectively, the properties help maintain and support the historic commercial main street character of Yonge Street, south of Bloor Street, through their consistent low-rise scale, form and massing, and their late-nineteenth to early-twentieth century architectural styles.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>All of the subject properties at 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street are included on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Staff have determined that the properties at 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street have cultural heritage value. 750 Yonge Street meets 4 of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 752 and 756-758 Yonge Street each meet 3 of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, as amended, a municipal heritage register may include properties that have not been designated but Council believes to be of “cultural heritage value or interest", and that meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining whether they are of cultural heritage value or interest. The Act now limits listing to a period of two years.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application, properties must be listed on the heritage register prior to Part IV designation and before the occurrence of a prescribed event. A prescribed event is a point of time when the application for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application has been deemed complete and the City Clerk provides notice of that complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject properties at 750 and 756 Yonge Street were listed on the City's Heritage Register on May 10, 11 and 12, 2023 with the new two-year limit. Council must decide on or before its April 23, 24, 25, 2025 meeting to provide sufficient time for the City Clerk to issue a notice of intention to designate before the properties will be removed from the Register.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject properties at 752 and 758 Yonge Street were listed on the City's Heritage Register on March 10, 2016, and have been identified as candidates for designation through the City's implementation of Bill 23 amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act and the strategy for Listed Properties that must be removed from the Register by January 1, 2027.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance. Designation also gives property owners access to City of Toronto heritage incentive programs.</p> |
| 139669 | LETTER | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | NO_ACTN | — | N | — | 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act | 2025.PH20.3a | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>At its meeting on March 21, 2025 the Toronto Preservation Board considered Item <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.PB29.2">PB29.2</a> and made recommendations to City Council.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Summary from the report (March 7, 2025) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning:</strong></p>
<p> <br />This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the four adjacent properties at 750 Yonge Street (including entrance address at 750A Yonge Street), 752 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 752A Yonge Street and 754 Yonge Street), 756 Yonge Street and 758 Yonge Street (hereafter referred to as 756-758 Yonge Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for their cultural heritage value according to the Statements of Significance, which include descriptions of heritage attributes, found in Attachments 1, 2, and 3.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject properties at 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street are located on the west side of Yonge Street, mid-block between Charles Street West and Bloor Street West, in the Bay-Cloverhill neighbourhood. A location map and current photograph of the heritage properties are found in Attachment 4.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The properties at 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street contain three contiguous three-storey buildings constructed in 1912, 1890, and 1909, respectively. 750 Yonge Street is a mixed-use commercial building designed by the architects Curry and Sparling in the Renaissance Revival style. 752 and 756-758 Yonge Street are mixed-use commercial buildings designed in the Edwardian Classicism architectural style. Collectively, the properties help maintain and support the historic commercial main street character of Yonge Street, south of Bloor Street, through their consistent low-rise scale, form and massing, and their late-nineteenth to early-twentieth century architectural styles.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>All of the subject properties at 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street are included on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Staff have determined that the properties at 750, 752, and 756-758 Yonge Street have cultural heritage value. 750 Yonge Street meets 4 of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 752 and 756-758 Yonge Street each meet 3 of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, as amended, a municipal heritage register may include properties that have not been designated but Council believes to be of “cultural heritage value or interest", and that meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining whether they are of cultural heritage value or interest. The Act now limits listing to a period of two years.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application, properties must be listed on the heritage register prior to Part IV designation and before the occurrence of a prescribed event. A prescribed event is a point of time when the application for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application has been deemed complete and the City Clerk provides notice of that complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject properties at 750 and 756 Yonge Street were listed on the City's Heritage Register on May 10, 11 and 12, 2023 with the new two-year limit. Council must decide on or before its April 23, 24, 25, 2025 meeting to provide sufficient time for the City Clerk to issue a notice of intention to designate before the properties will be removed from the Register.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject properties at 752 and 758 Yonge Street were listed on the City's Heritage Register on March 10, 2016, and have been identified as candidates for designation through the City's implementation of Bill 23 amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act and the strategy for Listed Properties that must be removed from the Register by January 1, 2027.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance. Designation also gives property owners access to City of Toronto heritage incentive programs.</p> |
| 139712 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | — | N | — | 1 Dundas Street East: Amendments to the Sign By-law | 2025.PH20.4 | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>In 2017, City Council adopted amendments to the Sign By-law (the “2017 Amendment”) to facilitate the installation of signage at 1 Dundas Street East (now Sankofa Square), previously known as Yonge-Dundas Square (“The Square”). The signage proposal included five electronic ground signs and two electronic roof signs featuring a mix of third-party advertising, event displays, information about upcoming events, art installations, and event sponsorships. Additionally, two of the seven signs were required to display sign copy consisting of either the phrase "Yonge-Dundas Square" or logos identifying Yonge-Dundas Square.</p>
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<p>In December 2023, City Council officially renamed Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square. However, the provisions of the 2017 Amendment specifically referred to the former name of the square and do not accommodate the name change adopted in 2023. Also, as part of the 2017 Amendment, the seven electronic signs were permitted on the condition that the sign permits would expire after a ten-year term, specifically on July 31, 2027, and would not be subject to renewal.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Since their installation, the seven signs permitted in the 2017 Amendment have become an integral part of The Square, contributing to its sense of place and suitability as a dynamic event space in downtown Toronto.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Sankofa Square Board of Management (the “Applicant”) has submitted a Sign By-law amendment application (the “Proposed Amendment”) for 1 Dundas Street East where The Square is located. The Proposed Amendment seeks revisions to the 2017 Amendment which will modify the clauses in the area-specific By-law requiring the display of “Yonge-Dundas Square” and the provisions concerning the permit expiry of the seven electronic signs.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Toronto Building conducted a thorough review of the application and supporting materials. The Chief Building Official (the “CBO”) is of the opinion that since their installation, the seven signs allowed and regulated by Subsection 4G have become an integral part of the Square, contributing to its sense of place and suitability as a dynamic event space in downtown Toronto. The Chief Building Official believes that the requested amendment aligns with the broader goals of the City, the objectives of the Sign By-law, and the specific regulations for the premises and surrounding area. Therefore, the Chief Building Official supports Council approval of the Proposed Amendment.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In addition, the Chief Building Official is proposing that similar changes to reflect the 2023 name change be adopted within the Sign By-law as a whole, specifically that all references to the Dundas Square Special Sign District or (DS-SSD) in the Sign By-law be changed to the Sankofa Square Special Sign District or (SK-SSD).</p> |
| 139655 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | — | N | — | Development Review Timeline Metrics - Q1 2025 | 2025.PH20.5 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report responds to Planning and Housing Committee's direction for staff to report on development review timeline metrics to the Planning and Housing Committee on a quarterly basis (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.PH6.2">2023.PH6.2</a>). Quarterly reports include the following:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>a. Average timeline to complete the Pre-Application Consultation Process; </p>
<p>b. Average timeline to reach a decision on a Zoning By-law Application;</p>
<p>c. Average timeline to reach a decision on a combined Official Plan Amendment/Zoning By-law Application; and</p>
<p>d. Average timeline to approve a Site Plan Application. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>In addition to a description of the metrics listed above, the report provides context on how ongoing improvements to the development review process impact application review timelines in the medium to long term.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Quarterly reports are also available for 2024: Q1 2024 (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH9.2">2024.PH9.2</a>), Q2 2024 (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH11.5">2024.PH11.5</a>), Q3 2024 (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH14.4">2024.PH14.4</a>), and Q4 2024 (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH16.5">2024.PH16.5</a>). Reporting has evolved to reflect ongoing legislative change and to improve data accuracy and interpretation, as detailed in the 'Comments' section of this report.</p> | 20 | 5 | CMMTTEE |
| 139697 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | — | N | — | Authority to Enter into Municipal Housing Project Facility Agreements with Community Housing Providers | 2025.PH20.6 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>In June 2024, City Council adopted PH13.9 - <em>Community Housing Sector Modernization and Growth Strategy</em> (“Strategy”), which recommended a new approach to protect the City's existing community housing stock. The strategy included a focused initiative on renewing partnerships with Community Housing Providers with expiring mortgages under the Housing Services Act 2011 (HSA), Part VII.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>To further advance the actions adopted by Council through the <em>Community Housing Sector Modernization and Growth</em> <em>Strategy</em> to support the operational and capital needs of Community Housing Providers, this staff report recommends Community Housing Providers to be governed under the Housing Services Act Part VII.1, enter into a Municipal Housing Project Facility Agreement to maintain units at an affordable rent, in exchange for a property tax exemption for an initial twenty-year period. The property tax exemption will continue to provide financial relief that is already provided by the subsidy paid under Part VII of the Housing Services Act funding formula.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Providing property tax exemptions to these community housing projects will help maintain over 16,000 affordable rental homes in a state of good repair, preserving some of the City’s most affordable homes for residents. This report also recommends that the City amend any existing loan agreements between the City and Community Housing Providers who enter into a Service Agreement, on a case-by-case basis where necessary.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In addition, a site-specific property tax exemption is recommended for Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing (“Houselink”) for eight buildings located at their newly acquired Finchurst site, which will ensure the on-going affordability for 142 homes of this former federal housing project that supports military veterans and their families.</p> |
| 139698 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | — | N | — | Toronto's Academic Housing Strategy - Improving Housing Outcomes for Post-Secondary Students | 2025.PH20.7 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>In December 2022, City Council <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.CC2.1">directed</a> staff to develop a post-secondary housing strategy in partnership with post-secondary institutions aimed at increasing the availability of student housing. The proposed Academic Housing Strategy (Strategy) provides a snapshot of housing needs of post-secondary students in Toronto and outlines a framework for action by the City, other orders of government, and academic institutions to address their immediate and longer-term housing needs. The delivery of this Strategy is also a City commitment through the federal Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF).</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Toronto’s post-secondary institutions are leading contributors to the City’s economy and important sources of job creation, skills training, and research and innovation. They are critical in maintaining a talent pipeline that supports the economic growth of the city and advancing student success and well-being is a key part of maintaining that pipeline. This is at the core of their missions, as academic institutions continue to advance educational priorities for students within their regulatory and financial capacity.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In Toronto, it is estimated that over 350,000 students are enrolled in public academic institutions. In recent years, an increasing number of post-secondary students have been struggling to meet their basic needs for housing, food, and other life necessities. The higher costs of living, coupled with financial assistance programs that do not reflect increasing costs, are leaving more students financially stretched and overwhelmed. While this is a national trend, it is more prevalent in Toronto, where housing costs are already some of the highest in the country. As a result, more post-secondary students are relying on food banks and homelessness services; they are more likely to experience precarious housing situations and live in over-crowded homes; and are increasingly more vulnerable to housing scams and fraud. In addition, institutions are facing financial constraints; an over-reliance on international student fees, and changing immigration policies that make it challenging to predict and prepare for their financial future. This makes it particularly challenging for institutions to plan and respond to the diverse housing needs of their students.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>The Proposed Academic Housing Strategy</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>The development of this Strategy was directly informed by extensive consultation with nearly 2,000 students, staff and faculty across public colleges and universities in Toronto, as well as subject matter experts from academic, and non-profit and private housing sectors. The engagement process was held in partnership with Toronto’s academic institution partners and included:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Online surveys;</p>
<p>- Campus drop-in sessions;</p>
<p>- Key informant interviews;</p>
<p>- Focus groups; and</p>
<p>- Student-led “consultation-in-a-box" sessions.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The results of the engagement offer first-hand insight into experiences, challenges, and barriers that students in Toronto are facing. In particular, students highlighted challenges with affordability of life, burdens of commuting, poor quality of housing, discrimination, and limitations in finding housing that met their needs. The results have also shown the need to conduct additional meaningful engagement with First Nation, Inuit and Métis students, faculty and staff to ensure their unique and distinct voices are included.</p>
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<p>The Strategy aims to achieve five overarching strategic priorities:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>1. Strengthen Policy and Partnerships for Academic Housing</p>
<p>2. Expand and Fund Affordable Student Housing</p>
<p>3. Unlock Land and Infrastructure for Student Housing</p>
<p>4. Ensure Safe, Secure, and Equitable Student Housing</p>
<p>5. Enhance Wrap-Around Support for Students</p>
<p> </p>
<p>These strategic priorities are aligned with the City’s priorities and objectives, and its 17 proposed actions will be implemented over the next five years through the implementation of the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Recent federal and provincial announcements introducing caps on international students as well as changes introduced through Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (exempting publicly assisted post-secondary institutions from the Planning Act, among other measures), have and continue to change the post-secondary housing landscape.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The City’s actions to improve housing outcomes for post-secondary students will continue to reflect the federal and provincial legislative and funding environment to ensure consistency and alignment across all orders of government, and to ensure a whole-of-government and whole-of-community approach to addressing the housing needs of post-secondary students, faculty and staff.</p> |
| 139720 | REPORT | N | Y | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | — | N | — | Swansea Mews Initial Development Proposal | 2025.PH20.8 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The Swansea Mews community is a 5.3 acre Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) property located at the intersection of the Queensway and Windermere Avenue consisting of 154 rent-geared to income (RGI) homes in nine 4-storey blocks of stacked townhomes. Following an incident of structural failure, an Emergency Order was issued by the Chief Building Official in June 2022 and all residents were immediately relocated offsite. Based on independent, professional reports, the structural failure was determined to be due to a defect in the building’s original construction. Faced with the risks of future structural failures, demolition was determined to be the only viable course of action. Today, the buildings remain vacant and uninhabitable. 108 households maintain a right to return to the once it is redeveloped and the homes are replaced.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Toronto Community Housing Corporation has over two decades of experience in the successful revitalization of its communities, in partnership with residents. Toronto Community Housing Corporation revitalization projects play a central role within the delivery of the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan, in helping meet goals for maintaining social housing and adding to new affordable rental housing supply. This includes a wholistic approach to predevelopment, design, construction, and community engagement and relocation. Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s 10-year development plan, in partnership with the City, aims to deliver over 10,000 new homes in our city by 2035. Swansea Mews is a critical site within this development plan.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On July 16, 2019, through Item No. PH7.4, "A New Approvals Framework for Toronto Community Housing Corporation Revitalization Projects", City Council adopted a new approvals framework for Toronto Community Housing Corporation revitalization projects. As part of this new approvals framework, a stage gate process was established to provide the City with early and enhanced oversight of Toronto Community Housing Corporation projects, and to ensure that these revitalizations support strategic city-building priorities.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Pursuant to this approval framework, this report recommends that City Council endorse, in principle, Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s proposed plans to redevelop the Swansea Mews community as outlined herein as the Initial Development Proposal (IDP) as a general concept prior to proceeding to the next stage of the approvals framework.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Initial Development Proposal envisions the replacement of 154 rent-geared to income homes onsite. 154 homes have been vacant due to safety issues following the incident of structural failure on May 27, 2022. In addition to Toronto Community Housing Corporation replacement homes at Swansea Mews, initial massing studies suggest that approximately 550-700 net new homes (beyond the 154 replacement social housing homes) can be achieved on-site with varying levels of affordability and ownership models, and approximately 1,400 – 1,860 square meters of commercial, community, and/or amenity space. The total gross floor area (GFA) and estimated unit counts will be confirmed through the rezoning process.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Other city-building objectives are also proposed to be achieved including improved open/park space, improved access and road alignment, increased tenant benefits through community economic development programs, and an overall design that will promote community safety and social cohesion.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This Initial Development Proposal for the Swansea Mews Community was developed in consultation with an interdivisional City working group and establishes a preliminary framework for future investment and redevelopment, including the creation of three residential development blocks, a large open space, a new road network and an overall design that will promote community safety and sound planning principles.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The built form and design concept will continue to be developed and refined through the development review and community consultation process. An appropriate Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, plan of sub-division (if required), site plan and built form will be created which will form the basis of the final proposal for the site.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The approval of this Initial Development Proposal will allow Toronto Community Housing Corporation to proceed to Stage 2 of the approvals framework which includes the submission of both an Actions Report and Planning Report for City Council approval. These forthcoming reports will be based on public consultation, planning application submissions, and a real estate development plan that ultimate defines the business terms and recommended delivery model for the project. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The future Actions Report, to be prepared by Toronto Community Housing Corporation, will consider potential non-profit rental and co-operative and private sector development partners and partnership arrangements. The proposed number of homes, levels of affordability and tenure, third-party funding sources and overall financial implications will be assessed through the new Housing Delivery Governance Framework, that includes staff from the City, CreateTO and Toronto Community Housing Corporation and which is led by the new Housing Development Office. This will be done prior to recommendations being brought forward to Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s Board and City Council.</p> |
| 139718 | LETTER | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | RECEIVED | — | N | — | Response to Audit Committee's Request on Whether the Audit of the Short-Term Rental Program and Municipal Accommodation Tax, outlined in the Auditor General's 2024 Annual Report (January 29, 2025), Includes 181 and 219 Dundas Street East | 2025.PH20.9 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>City Council on March 26 and 27, 2025, referred the supplementary report for Item AU8.1 to the April 10, 2025 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Summary from the report (March 21, 2025) from the Auditor General:</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report provides a response to the Audit Committee's request. Our audit of the City's Short-Term Rental Program and Municipal Accommodation Tax (2024.AU5.7) did not specifically include 181 and 219 Dundas Street. Our online search for illegal short-term rental listings may have included these locations, however it is not possible to link the online listings to specific addresses.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As supplemental information for City Council, we used the data extract from our audit of the short-term rental database and transactions from two licensed companies and found 70 transactions at 181 Dundas St. E. and 52 at 219 Dundas St. E. between 2021 and 2023. As of February 29, 2024, when we extracted the short-term rental registration data for our audit, both locations had one active permit each.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In a subsequent update on March 11, 2025, Municipal Licensing and Standards (MLS) confirmed that all active short-term rental permits at 181 and 219 Dundas Street East had been canceled or revoked following investigations. MLS also engaged with property management at both locations and verified that short-term rentals are prohibited under the respective condominium by-law declarations.</p> | 20 |