Transformative change for TCHC / : Transformative change for Toronto Community Housing Corporation

Over the course of the year, the Task Force heard from over 1,000 tenants and community members, almost 100 different stakeholder groups, officials from the City, the Province and Federal governments, and housing experts from Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. [...] RECOMMENDATION 6 That the City request the Province to make the necessary legislative changes to support income-mixing in public housing and that the City and TCHC renegotiate TCHC’s rent geared to income targets to facilitate a transition to a more mixed portfolio reducing the current 90% Rent Geared to Income household numbers, over time, to 70%, without reducing overall the City’s commitment to [...] RECOMMENDATION 28 That Council direct the City Manager to oversee the implementation of all recommendations directed to the City as Shareholder and Service Manager and that the new Board of TCHC/NewHome be similarly mandated to oversee the implementation of those actions related to the corporation itself. [...] He asked them to offer advice on “how to strengthen and support the delivery of housing to its residents, now and in the future.” Their focus was four-fold: operations and delivery; partnerships and innovation; capital revitalization and new development; and governance. [...] The chart below shows how the government funding landscape has changed over the past several years – the City bearing more and more of the costs for social housing that were formerly paid by the Federal and Provincial governments.