On Tuesday, Toronto City Council has an opportunity to set a new course on public housing for decades to come. Councillors will get to vote on a new funding model for Toronto Community Housing approved by the executive committee earlier this month. The funding model would introduce a rent supplement-based model thereby establishing a baseline subsidy for the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) every year. From an ethical standpoint, the city has human rights obligations to fulfil its mandate as a social housing landlord by providing safe, secure, and affordable housing to low-income residents. That would mean a social housing wait-list that finally gets smaller, and less homelessness.

Source: thestar November 25, 2019 21:45 UTC