Item - 2020.PH15.10

City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Province of Ontario, through the Ministry of the Attorney General, the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to:

a. provide open data on eviction applications heard before the Landlord and Tenant Board, including the type of notice provided by landlords to tenants, the type of application made by landlords to the Landlord and Tenant Board, the size of the household before the Landlord and Tenant Board and the outcome of the application, including the content of any orders (i.e., evicted, not evicted, ordered to repay arrears, etc.);

b. identify tenants in need of housing support services through the eviction process and provide these services for every household that is evicted through the Landlord and Tenant Board, with a goal of timely re-housing;

c. provide and fund emergency shelter spaces and related supports in municipalities for households evicted through the Landlord and Tenant Board at no cost to the municipality until proper housing can be provided for those households; and

d. invest in the development of affordable rental housing and housing benefits in municipalities, commensurate with population and core housing need, and prioritize access for renters who have been evicted and for those who are paying more than 30 percent of income on rent and may be at risk of being evicted.

2. City Council adopt the positions on Bill 184,  Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act, 2020, as outlined in Appendix A to the report (June 26, 2020) from the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and direct the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to formally submit Appendix A to the report (June 26, 2020) from the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, as amended by Part 1 above, to the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

3. City Council direct the City Solicitor to commence a challenge to those amendments of The Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act, 2020, outlined in the supplementary report (July 26, 2020) from the City Solicitor on the basis that they are contrary to rules of procedural fairness and natural justice, and on any other grounds the City Solicitor determines to be appropriate, and  City Council direct the City Solicitor to take any necessary action to achieve a stay of those provisions until such time as a final decision has been rendered in respect of the challenge.

4.  City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 26, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 26, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

November 26, 2025

The City Solicitor having confirmed that the legal proceedings relating to the release of confidential information have been concluded, Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor has been made public.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).