Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow unveiled a new housing plan Tuesday, including city-led construction and a demand for hundreds of millions of dollars from other levels of government.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow arrives to West Block of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. One hundred days into her tenure, it could be taken as a sign the celebration – and the transition – is over.published its first major housing plan under Chow’s premiership, with 22 separate recommendations designed to make housing both more affordable and more available.
The new housing plan suggests the city act as a developer and lead construction at five sites on Sherbourne Street, Queens Wharf Road, Dundas Street, Brock Avenue and Bellevue Avenue.‘Not acceptable’: Liberal MP office vandalized amid pro-Palestinian rally The average sale price of a home in the city, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, was $1.12 million in September.
Coun. Gord Perks, chair of the planning committee, said the housing plan was key to the city’s future and to solving issues like homelessness.
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