Item - 2021.PH20.3
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Planning and Housing Committee on January 19, 2021 and was adopted without amendment.
PH20.3 - Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods - Beaches-East York Pilot Project
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Ward:
- 19 - Beaches - East York
Committee Decision
The Planning and Housing Committee:
1. Endorsed the contents of the report (January 5, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning as the basis for consultation with the public, development industry, and other stakeholders.
2. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to work with Real Estate Services, CreateTO, and the Housing Secretariat, in consultation with the local Councillor, to facilitate, through an appropriate development procurement process, the design and construction of demonstration projects, as part of the Beaches-East York Pilot Project.
Origin
Summary
The City of Toronto is working on a range of initiatives to facilitate more housing in residential neighbourhoods through the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) initiative. The City is working to expand opportunities for “missing middle” housing forms in Toronto, ranging from duplexes to low-rise walk-up apartments. This initiative builds on recent work in support of secondary and laneway suites, Inclusionary Zoning and dwelling room protections. Enabling more options for housing that can be built in the city’s neighbourhoods is one part of the Housing Action Plan to increase housing choice and access for current and future residents of Toronto.
The Beaches-East York Pilot Project is one element of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) work program. The Pilot Project will review appropriate City-owned sites in Beaches-East York and work with the community and development industry to build “missing middle” demonstration projects that could be used as models for missing middle projects on other sites, both publicly and privately owned, within the City.
The Beaches-East York Pilot Project will assess the feasibility of building missing middle, ranging from duplexes to low-rise walk-up apartments, on selected City-owned sites that are designated Neighbourhoods in the City's Official Plan.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-159782.pdf
Communications
(January 17, 2021) E-mail from Marc Richard (PH.New)
(January 17, 2021) E-mail from Brian Graff (PH.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ph/comm/communicationfile-125780.pdf
(January 17, 2021) E-mail from Julie Hannaford (PH.New)
(January 18, 2021) E-mail from Scott Campbell (PH.New)
(January 18, 2021) E-mail from Adrian Ludwin (PH.New)
(January 18, 2021) E-mail from Elizabeth Cook (PH.New)
(January 18, 2021) E-mail from Jeffrey Levitt (PH.New)
(January 18, 2021) E-mail from Diavin Miller (PH.New)
(January 19, 2021) E-mail from Taleen Der Haroutiounian (PH.New)
(January 18, 2021) E-mail from Allen George (PH.New)
(January 19, 2021) E-mail from Paul Skippen (PH.New)
(January 19, 2021) E-mail from Bruce Gick (PH.New)
(January 19, 2021) E-mail from Tamara Elliott (PH.New)
(January 19, 2021) Letter from Mark J. Richardson (PH.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ph/comm/communicationfile-125790.pdf
(January 19, 2021) E-mail from Andrew Dodds (PH.New)
(January 19, 2021) E-mail from Bryan Uyede (PH.New)
(January 19, 2021) E-mail from Miguel Hortiguela (PH.New)
(January 19, 2021) E-mail from Silvia Vlad (PH.New)
(January 19, 2021) E-mail from Nancy Grenier and Brian Hardie (PH.New)