Item - 2025.HS6.4
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Housing Rights Advisory Committee on June 3, 2025 and was adopted with amendments.
HS6.4 - Promising Practices in Supportive Housing
- Decision Type:
- Presentation
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Committee Decision
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee recommend that:
1. Councillor Gord Perks submit a letter to Executive Committee on behalf of the Housing Rights Advisory Committee to request that the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat continue to advocate to the Provincial and Federal government for a funding portfolio that supports the expansion of deeply affordable housing development in the City of Toronto, including funding for the operation of these housing models.
Decision Advice and Other Information
Dr. Andrew Boozary, Primary Care Physician and Executive Director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine, University Health Network, and Valesa Faria, Executive Director, Development Review, City of Toronto, gave a presentation on Dunn House.
Summary
Dr. Andrew Boozary, Primary Care Physician and Executive Director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine, University Health Network, and Valesa Faria, Executive Director, Development Review, City of Toronto, will provide a joint presentation on Dunn House as a successful model of supportive housing and a solution to address homelessness.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/hs/bgrd/backgroundfile-255836.pdf
Communications
Motions
That the Housing Rights Advisory Committee recommend that:
1. Councillor Gord Perks submit a letter to Executive Committee on behalf of the Housing Rights Advisory Committee to request that the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat continue to advocate to the Provincial and Federal government for a funding portfolio that supports the expansion of deeply affordable housing development in the City of Toronto, including funding for the operation of these housing models.