Item - 2025.PH24.4

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council pass a by-law pursuant to Section 252 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, providing authority to enter into a Municipal Capital Facility Agreement and any other agreement that may be required with the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (the "Operator") together with its agent Dia Dez Inc. with respect to approximately 36,000 square feet of combined space, for the purpose of providing a municipal capital facility related to the provision of facilities used for social and health services, located at the property municipally known as 21-31 Windsor Street, 18 Buckingham Street, 60 Newcastle Street and 95 Portland Street (the "Premise"),

a. for the purposes of:

1. declaring part of the Premise a Municipal Capital Facility used for the provision of social and health services; and

2. exempting the Premise from development charges otherwise owing pursuant to Article I of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 415 for the purpose of constructing a municipal shelter at the Premise; and

b. on terms satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Shelter & Support Services and the City Solicitor including that:

1. the Premise be used primarily for the provision of social and health services; and

2. the City have the right to recover the benefits provided to the Operator should the use of the Premise change.

With the exemption being effective for the purpose of obtaining a building permit from the latest of the by-law being enacted or the date of execution of the Municipal Capital Facility Agreement.

2. City Council direct the City Clerk to give written notice of the by-law to the Minister of Finance.

In April 2025, City Council approved a development at 21-31 Windsor Street, 18 Buckingham Street, 60 Newcastle Street and 95 Portland Street, which includes a seven-storey building, containing 36 supportive dwelling units, 32 emergency shelter beds, and 72 shelter beds. This building will replace the existing Elisa House women's shelter located at 60 Newcastle Street, which is owned and operated by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVP) and funded by Toronto Shelter and Support Services.

As directed by City Council in July 2025, this report brings forward a recommendation to adopt a by-law to designate the new municipal shelter as a municipal capital facility, and to provide a development charge exemption for the municipal shelter component of the development. The municipal capital facility agreement authorized by the by-law will provide an exemption for approximately 36,000 square feet of social and health services space.