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A New Portable Housing Benefit
Making an Affordable Housing Strategy count
June 2018

TITLES WE HAVE TO
SHAKE

UNLOCKING SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY

                                                                             Creating pathways out of
                                        Building an economy with fair
    Fully implementing the Calls to                                          poverty by ensuring that
                                                and equitable
        Action of the Truth and                                            everyone has income security
                                       opportunities and decent work
     Reconciliation Commission.                                            and the supports they need to
                                                    for all.
                                                                                 live with dignity.

                                                Investing in inclusive, healthy communities with
                Ensuring affordable,
                                                childcare and public education, pharmacare and
           appropriate and safe housing is
                                                dental programs, transit and transportation, and
                  available to all.
                                                               community services.

IT STARTS
  WITH
HOUSING

BIG
PROBLEM:
CALLS FOR
BIG, NEW
IDEAS

THE OPPORTUNITY

OPENING THE
DOOR TO A
NEW PORTABLE
HOUSING
BENEFIT

NEW
SUPPLY

REPAIR &
REVITALIZE

END HOMELESSNESS

DRIVING
IMPACT

FOCUS ON
POPULATIONS

NO WRONG TURNS

DESIGN
MATTERS

HOPE

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ENGAGE

BUILD FROM
EXPERIENCE

ADVOCATE

LET’S GET IT DONE…
                    Thank you!
Pedro Barata - United Way Greater Toronto
416-359-2068 - pbarata@uwgt.org - @pedrobarataTO

INCLUSIVE HOUSING
DESIGNED FOR EVERYBODY

What is the housing problem
       for people with
developmental disabilities?

A 40 year waiting list for
affordable housing with
       supports.

Where are they living now?

How did the Inclusive Housing
   Design Initiative Start?

What is our focus?

Inclusive Housing
Design
Specifications/
Guidelines

Innovative
Funding &
Financial
Frameworks

What is a disability issue?

“All of us will experience a disability
at some point in our lives”

What is a disability?

“I am not disabled, the
environment around me creates
my disability.”

Physical
Disabilities
  Mobility
 Dexterity
Impairment

Hard of
Hearing
 Deaf
Speech

Inclusive Housing Design
                         A New Model
                             Steering
                            Committee

Innovative Funding and   Home for this initiative      Inclusive Housing
                                                    Inclusive Housing Design
 Financial Frameworks                                        Design

A New Home

Building the Case for
Inclusive Housing Design

A Starting Point

Shiplake future rental building at Tippet Road and
Wilson Avenue, Toronto

THE MISSING MIDDLE:
A MADE IN TORONTO DEFINITION
                                                         June 26, 2018
                 CANADIAN URBAN INSTITUTE / INSTITUT URBAIN DU CANADA
             We build wisdom to inspire leadership for healthy urban development.

Cost of Ownership Relative to Median Income
                                              (not adjusted for inflation)

Wages Have Not                                                                             $853,500
                                                                                           (+133%)

Kept Pace with   $750,000
                                                                                             $743,200
                                                                                             (+131%)

Housing Prices
                 $500,000                                                                   $469,800
                                                                                            (+124%)
                             $366,300

                            $321,900
                 $250,000
                            $209,600

                                                                                             $68,757
                            $52,833
                                                                                             (+30%)
                      $0
                                   2006             2011               2016              2018
                                          Median Income                      Composite
                                          Single Family Home                 Apartment

Middle Age
Households Are
Being Priced out
of the Housing
Market

Rental Market Is   46%

Becoming More
Expensive          28%
                   26%

                   20%

Built Form

             Housing in-between single-family and high-rise

Income
Middle income earners
$48,000 – $118,000

The missing middle demographic is vital to the
social and economic health of the City

Tenure   A variety of tenure options and alternative
         equity models are needed to support the
         Missing Middle

Creating
opportunities
for the Missing
Middle is
important for a
healthy housing
eco-system

The Red Tape

               Image credit: City of Toronto Midrise Guidelines

Building Mid-rise

Restrictive Residential Zoning

                                 Image credit: Protecting the Vibrancy of Residential
                                 Neighbourhoods

Re-imagining Neighbourhoods

                              Credit: Anna Kramer

Adding
Adding gentle densityto existing
       gentle density
neighbourhoods helps to create
complete communities

Pre-zoning
  Zoning for Innovation: Pre-zoning

                                      Image credit: Rockport Group

Re-zoning

Single Lot Strata

                    Photo credit: www.kevinalvarez.ca   Photo credit: torontorealtyblog.com

Inclusionary Zoning

                      Photo credit: wellesleyinstitute.com

Buildings can be nice
A stat about net-zero
buildings would work
really well here

Unlocking the potential
of our cities

Land use and
transportation
   planning

 3

For today and the
next generation to come

                          Photo: Huffington
4

here
                       Let’s start

Photo: Hypersapiens,

Buildings can be nice
A stat about net-zero
buildings would work
really well here

Mobility
connects
   us

Mobility is the backbone of our cities

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Buildings can be nice
A stat about net-zero
buildings would work
really well here

Transit thatFarther andreach
               is within  Faster

Photo: p2-r2, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Implementation
  challenges

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Transit and housing
Buildings can be nice mismatch

A stat about net-zero
buildings would work
really well here

Path forward?

Photo: Metrolinx

A shared vision

Photo: Huy Quach

Extra slides (not in presentation)

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Buildings can be nice
A stat about net-zero
buildings would work
really well here

  Leverage strategic investments

Transit-supportive
  development
      is not
 one-dimensional

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Photo: Videezy

Everyone has a
  role to play

                 Photo: Brief Creatif
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Photo: Peter Greenway
Photo: Luke A. Bunker