In 2022, TCHC continued to lead the housing sector in modernizing our buildings through green initiatives and energy retrofits. Each green retrofit contributes to the City’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2040 starting with our 25% CMHC reduction target by 2028. In addition to greater energy efficiency, each retrofit project will modernize buildings and add to tenant comfort in their homes. The Bathurst-Eglinton project is featured in a Toronto Star article and will provide a model for the green retrofit for more than 21,000 buildings and almost 59,000 units. TCHC has broken its own record in capital incentive contributions from our utility partners with over $7.3M in 2022. We received over $2M from Enbridge Gas and over $5M in electricity incentives.

Planned Project Services (PPS) supports TCHC’s regional teams to engage tenants at locations where large scale capital repairs have been planned. This team engages tenants to build open lines of communication and feedback about projects, timelines, disruptions and benefits. The team is currently supporting over 125 projects across TCHC’s three regions and the Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation.

TCHC’s accessibility program continued to make an impact on the lives of tenants living with ​​​​​disabilities. In 2022, TCHC completed 304 common area and in-suite accessibility projects.

We are thankful for the collaboration with the Responsible Personal Accessibility in Toronto Housing (R-PATH) Committee. You can read more about this committee and their work.

Revitalization community highlights

Progress continued at Toronto Community Housing’s Regent Park revitalization, one of the largest urban revitalizations of its kind. Daniels began construction on Phase 3 (Block 16 North).

• TCHC and Tridel submitted a rezoning application for the final phases of the project, Phases 4 and 5, requesting an increase to the density of the development.
• TCHC formed the Community Benefits Oversight Working Group (CBOWG), a diverse, 20-member advisory group of local residents and experts that will support a one-year community engagement process to inform the distribution of $26.8 million in community benefits made possible through the Regent Park revitalization. 

After a competitive bidding process, we partnered with the renowned Karakusevic Carson Architects to create a new community centre and apartment building in Alexandra Park, a historic TCHC community and home to Atkinson Housing Co-operative.

To learn more about the Alexandra Park revitalization project, visit the newly launched microsite.

Through the power of partnerships made possible through revitalization, TCHC continued to engage tenants across all of its revitalization sites through diverse social and economic initiatives aimed at addressing local resident challenges and supporting positive social change. In 2022, this included, 

• offering continued weekly safety and community engagement summer workshops to youth in our Lawrence Heights and Neptune communities, through our 37 Kids Program; 
• connecting over 400 households in our 250 Davenport community to social, mental health, and food security services through TCHC leveraged partnerships;
• engaging 41 tenants from our Don Summerville community in pre-employment activities, resulting in 27 tenants securing training, employment, or scholarships; and, 
• awarding scholarships to help student tenants of all ages pursue post-secondary education and training, including nine student tenants in our Lawrence Heights community. Since 2013, TCHC awarded 154 scholarships valued at $533,000 to student tenants of all ages in our Lawrence Heights and Neptune communities through The Limitless Heights Scholarship program (2013-2021) and the Revite NERDS Scholarship (2021-2022) thanks to funding from our partner, Heights Development (Context and Metropia).