Item - 2019.AA2.3
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee on November 22, 2019 and was adopted with amendments.
- See also PH11.5
AA2.3 - Indigenous Set-Aside of Affordable Housing Units
- Decision Type:
- Presentation
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Committee Decision
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee recommends to the Planning and Housing Committee that:
1. City Council endorse an Indigenous set-aside for new affordable housing units, including more deeply affordable housing units.
2. City Council request City staff to consider the presentation from Randy J. Pitt, Reaching Home Manager, Aboriginal Labour Force Development Circle, as part of the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan.
3. City Council request the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to report to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee with recommendations on Recommendation 1 in no later than six months.
Decision Advice and Other Information
Randy J. Pitt, Reaching Home Manager, Aboriginal Labour Force Development Circle, gave a presentation on Indigenous Set-Aside of Affordable Housing Units.
Summary
Randy J. Pitt, Reaching Home Manager, Aboriginal Labour Force Development Circle, will give a presentation on Indigenous Set-Aside of Affordable Housing Units.
The presentation will outline a request to the City of Toronto to establish a set-aside for affordable housing units specifically geared to the Indigenous homeless population in the Greater Toronto Area.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/aa/bgrd/backgroundfile-139993.pdf
Communications
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/aa/comm/communicationfile-99294.pdf
Motions
That the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee recommends that:
1. The City of Toronto establish a 30 percent set-aside of new affordable housing units for Indigenous people.
That Angus D. Palmer be permitted to withdraw Motion 1.
That the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee recommends that:
1. City Council endorse an Indigenous set-aside for new affordable housing units, including more deeply affordable housing units.
2. City Council request City staff to consider this presentation as part of the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan.
3. City Council request the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to report to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee with recommendations on Recommendation 1 in no later than six months.