Item - 2017.AH8.7

The Affordable Housing Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.  City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration and the Director, Affordable Housing Office to report directly to the October 2, 2017 City Council meeting seeking authorization for the City to take part in the Home for Good supportive housing program and to enter into an administration agreement and/or related agreement(s) with the Ministry of Housing or any other provincial entity necessary for the receipt and expenditure of funding under the program.

Advising that on September 11, 2017 the Province announced that it will be providing the City of Toronto with $90 million over three years to provide supportive housing and services for the chronically homeless and individuals with mental health needs through the new Home for Good Program.

This funding will make a real and immediate difference to provide supports and housing for some 2,000 Toronto residents, helping to break the cycle of homelessness in the emergency shelter system by keeping vulnerable residents housed.