CHW Live / June 25, 2025 / 10:53 p.m.

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Statement from Mayor Olivia Chow: "Council would not support the proposal city-wide. So together with Housing Chair Gord Perks, we found a path forward to allow more missing middle housing through sixplexes in nine wards across the city, with the option for remaining wards to opt-in."

Mayor Chow’s Statement on Building More Homes TORONTO, ON (June 26, 2025) - Mayor Chow released the following statement on City Council’s decision on sixplexes: “Housing is the biggest expense every month for most families - the cost of rent and mortgages is simply too high. After decades of governments being out of the housing business, we need to do more to address the housing affordability crisis. Today City Council debated the staff report on city-wide permissions for sixplexes. Council would not support the proposal city-wide. So together with Housing Chair Gord Perks, we found a path forward to allow more missing middle housing through sixplexes in nine wards across the city, with the option for remaining wards to opt-in. I am confident that, as more people see the benefits of missing middle housing, where average rent is $830 cheaper than condos and 65% of units are family-sized, more councillors will also opt in. As Mayor, I will continue to move forward with multiple actions to build more homes, including waiving approximately $200 million worth of development charges on 8,000 purpose-built rental units, and deferring charges for 3,000 condos. To date, the City has approved a range of initiatives to create more opportunities for missing middle housing, including multiplexes, fourplexes, mid-rise buildings on avenues, 30 to 60 unit apartment buildings on major streets, laneway and garden suites to allow for more housing types across the city. Further, we currently have 45 housing projects completed or under construction, and we’re starting 57 projects in the next year, for a total of 25,000 units, with over 11,000 rent-controlled and affordable units.”
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