A long-planned modular housing project in Willowdale is back on the council agenda this week as the area's councillor attempts to change plans for the site, citing concerns for the well-being of nearby seniors if it goes ahead as outlined.
The project, which involves assembling pre-fabricated pieces together on site, is meant to provide supportive housing quickly, creating at least 59 homes as part of the city's goal of getting people out of shelters or encampments and into homes.
In other areas of the city, projects have been constructed in less than a year, but advocates say if either of the motions put forward by Cheng pass, the project will be further delayed."I think that my motion is a compromise," said Cheng. "It is still saying yes to supportive housing."ministerial zoning orderThere is a pending appeal case at the Ontario Land Tribunal brought by a group of local residents unhappy about the project in August 2022.
She told CBC News she put forward one motion calling for site to be moved elsewhere, but sees her other motion — to reconfigure the site — as more realistic.She says she's asking the city to explore stacking the housing higher to reduce its footprint, or nudging it northwest on the lot, leaving a courtyard for the seniors who already live here.
Coun. James Pasternak is seconding the motion, and Coun. Stephen Holyday told CBC News he is interested in supporting it too.Coun. Gord Perks said, "I think Coun. Cheng is quite wrong here. Council has spoken firmly and clearly that we should do everything that we can to clear hurdles to get people into supportive housing."Housing advocates were also disappointed by the motions.
Mark Richardson, of the volunteer group HousingNowTO, says he's disappointed to see motions come before council that could stall the Cummer modular housing project further.
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