Toronto Community Housing Corp. Struggles for Solutions

Toronto Community Housing Corp. spent Tuesday getting suggestions from the public about how to deal with a $751 million repair backlog.
Toronto Community Housing Corp. Struggles for Solutions
L-R: Three of four panel members: Alan Redway, former Minister of State for Housing; Bud Purves, chair of the Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC) Board, and Jim Pimblett, management consultant, listen to the ideas of worried Toronto tenants at the Suggestions for Action consultation on Tuesday. Kristina Skorbach
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TORONTO—Strapped for cash and solutions, the Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC) spent Tuesday getting suggestions from the public about how to deal with a $751 million repair backlog.

Concerned groups and tenants from some of the TCHC 58,500 units offered their thoughts on everything from the amount of housing needed to the proposal to sell 675 single-unit houses to pay for a part of the repairs.

Most who came to speak said there was a need for more TCHC housing and suggested lobbying the feds and the province to help cover the cost of providing it as well as the cost of fixing units now in disrepair.

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Kristina Skorbach
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Kristina Skorbach is a Canadian correspondent based in New York City covering entertainment news.
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