Item - 2026.CR9.4

The Confronting Anti-Black Racism Advisory Committee recommends that:

1. City Council request the Board of Directors, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, to request the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation to consider implementing a moratorium on arrears-related evictions effective July 30, 2026, until November 15, 2026, or until such time as City Council receives and considers a comprehensive plan to address the rise in evictions, particularly their disproportionate impact on Black, Indigenous, racialized, and low-income tenants.

2. City Council request the Board of Directors, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, in consultation with the City Manager, to develop and implement a rehousing and housing stability pathway for tenants who have been evicted from Toronto Community Housing Corporation-operated social housing, with priority given to:

a. Black, Indigenous, and racialized tenants;

b. Seniors, persons with disabilities, families with children, and youth; and

c. Tenants displaced through arrears-related, administrative, or non-violent evictions.

3. City Council declare that Toronto is experiencing an escalating housing crisis, with increasing evictions from social housing, the housing of last resort for many residents, including seniors, persons with disabilities, youth, and families from equity-seeking communities.

4. City Council reaffirm its commitment to addressing anti-Black racism in housing, consistent with:

a. The Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism; and

b. The United Nations’ International Decade for People of African Descent (Recognition, Justice, Development).

5. City Council request the Board of Directors, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, to direct the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation to report to the Board of Directors, Toronto Community Housing Corporation by the fourth quarter of 2026 on:

a. The number and demographics of Toronto Community Housing Corporation tenants facing eviction, disaggregated by race, gender, age, postal code, and type of eviction;

b. The number and demographics of former Toronto Community Housing Corporation tenants who have been evicted and remain unhoused or housing-insecure; and

c. Immediate and long-term interventions to prevent evictions and support rehousing in social housing.

Jenn St. Lewis, Director, Housing Stability Services, Housing Secretariat and Don Nichols, Manager of Grants, Housing Secretariat, gave a presentation on Addressing Evictions through Disaggregated Race-Based Data in Social Housing.

Lindsay Viets, Director Operations Planning and Program Services, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, and Chezlie Alexander, Director of the Centre for Advancing the Interests of Black People, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, gave a presentation on Advancing Community Development through Evidence-Based Planning.

As requested by Item EC24.6:

- Staff from Toronto Community Housing Corporation will give an overview of Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s eviction process, historical and current data on evictions and associated tenancy management activity and activities and strategy around identity-based data collection and the creation of a Data for Equity Framework; and

- Staff from Housing Secretariat will provide an overview of the key eviction prevention programs supported by the City, and the socio-demographic data, including race-based and Indigenous identity data, that is collected in these programs.