Item - 2017.EX28.10

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize an increase to the Approved City Operating Budget for Shelter, Support and Housing Administration of $2,140,188 gross, $0 net for 2017, with a future year impact of $20,496,974 gross, $0 net for 2018; $24,475,715 gross, $0 net for 2019; and $6,118,929 gross, $0 net for 2020, to be funded from the City's allocation of the Ontario Ministry of Housing Home for Good Program, with future year requests subject to Council approval through the annual budget process.

2.  City Council authorize an increase to the Approved City Operating Budget for the Affordable Housing Office of $22,500 gross, $0 net for 2017, with a future year impact of $1,732,500 gross, $0 net for 2018; with monthly affordability payments for completed capital projects commencing in 2019 over 20 years from a total capital allocation to the City of $35,100,000, $0 net; to be funded from the City's allocation of the Ontario Ministry of Housing Home for Good Program, to be transferred upon receipt to the Capital Revolving Fund for Affordable Housing (XR1058), with future year staffing requests subject to Council approval through the annual budget process.

3.  City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, to utilize the allowable administrative component of the City's operating allocation to hire a project team of eight full-time temporary staff, for the amount of $108,947 for 2017; $944,204 for 2018; $967,809 for 2019; and $248,001 for 2020 to administer and deliver the operating component of the program, with future year requests subject to Council approval through Budget Committee or the annual budget process.

4.  City Council authorize the Director, Affordable Housing Office, to utilize the allowable administrative component of the City's capital allocation to hire and support two full-time temporary staff, for the amount of $22,500 for 2017; $274,097 for 2018; $279,791 for 2019; and $283,599 in 2020 to administer and deliver the capital component of the program and other related programs, with future year requests subject to Council approval through Budget Committee or the annual budget process.

The Home for Good (HFG) Program is an important step toward the provincial goal of ending chronic homelessness by 2025. The Province confirmed Toronto's funding allocation in a letter to the Mayor on September 11, 2017, allocating $90,086,805 million from October 2017 to March 2020. It is expected that this program will create up to 2,000 much needed new units with supports for people who are homeless in Toronto.

On October 2, 2017, City Council adopted the report "Confirming Toronto's Participation in Ontario's Home for Good Program." This report directed staff to report back to the October Executive Committee on the capital and operating components and the resources required to administer the Home for Good program. This report responds to that request.

This investment in housing with supports represents a significant opportunity to achieve the goals set out in Housing Opportunities Toronto, the City's housing action plan 2010 - 2020 and Shelter, Support and Housing Administration's (SSHA's) Housing Stability Service Plan.

The purpose of this report is to provide details on the Home for Good implementation plan and to seek City Council authority to adjust the 2017 Approved Operating budgets of Shelter, Support and Housing Administration and the Affordable Housing Office (AHO) in order to receive the funding allocated by the Province.