Focus on Buildings

January 19, 2010
OCAD and Toronto Community Housing collaborate to promote inclusive design and accessibility

The Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) and Toronto Community Housing, with Toronto Mayor David Miller, today announced a new partnership aimed at promoting accessible, inclusive design in social housing buildings while enriching student experience in applied design research.

December 6, 2009
Top priorities identified during the Community Management Plan meetings now available online The results from Toronto Community Housing's 10 consultation meetings with staff and tenants are now available online. Find out what staff and tenants identified as their top priorities and read about some of the many creative solutions that were recommended.

Community Management Plan 2010-2012

Strategic Initiatives

CMP: Effective Organization Feedback Summary (draft)

Return to What You Told Us

2009 Consultation: Empowered Tenants

Buddy/mentoring program

Encourage more intergenerational activities: pair up youth with seniors to provide help to vulnerable seniors and to promote the sharing of experiences.

Case management

October 26, 2009
Additional CMP Meeting Toronto Community Housing has added an additional public consultation meeting in response to tenants to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to have their say on Toronto Community Housing's Community Management Plan. This meeting is for tenants and community stakeholders who could not attend the previously scheduled meetings.

November 4, 2009 | Community Management Plan meeting

September 19, 2009
The new face of public housing With its green roof and high-tech features, the 110-unit Toronto Community Housing rental building at 92 Carlton St., "doesn't look like public housing and it's built better than most condominiums."

May 21, 2009
Toronto Community Housing celebrates energy saving retrofit of 90-year-old home Toronto Community Housing has teamed up with The Now House Project to mark the 2^nd annual Energy Conservation Week by energy retrofitting a 90-year-old semi-detached home to raise awareness and encourage energy conservation.

Building Energy Retrofit Program Reducing pollution, cutting waste and saving money are the key goals of a new Toronto Community Housing energy retrofit initiative.