Toronto continues to face an unprecedented housing affordability crisis across the housing continuum, with a lack of deeply affordable and supportive homes for those with low-incomes, and high rents affecting middle-income earners who aspire to live and work in the city. In Fall 2023, City Council adopted two key reports related to housing delivery: - Item EX9.3 , which set the stage for the generational change to transform and strengthen Toronto’s housing system and expedite delivery of the HousingTO and Housing Action Plan targets. - Item EX10.2 , which aligned the mandates of CreateTO and Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) and directed these organizations to work with the City on the delivery of the City's housing plans and targets, including new and explicit language on expectations and scope for greater alignment. This report outlines additional steps to advance the City’s role as a Public Developer and supporter of partner projects, by bringing a singular focus to City-led and supported housing development, and strengthening coordination between the City, CreateTO and TCHC to achieve the City's affordable rental housing goals. Specifically, the City will increase its capacity to lead housing development, by establishing a Housing Development Office, reporting to the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, that will focus exclusively on advancing and accelerating the delivery of housing on City-led and City-supported sites. The City targets having a leader in place to lead the Office by Q2 2025, following a formal, competitive recruitment process. Through this new Office, the City will either lead projects directly or leverage TCHC and CreateTO on a project-by-project basis, based on each organization’s unique expertise and best practices. Staff are recommending updated direction to both organizations, followed by a negotiated Master Service Agreement with the City for each respectively. While work is underway to establish the new Housing Development Office, it is critical that housing projects continue to move forward under the current project leadership structure to ensure no delay in the delivery of housing.
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