81 single-family home and small buildings now in community ownership!

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The NLT has partnered with YWCA Toronto to operate this unique social housing portfolio and ensure that it forever remains affordable housing.

The NLT will ensure that this unique social housing portfolio will be preserved as affordable housing in perpetuity; held-together in non-profit community ownership. We have partnered with YWCA Toronto as the social housing provider for this portfolio, to offer affordable housing opportunities for existing tenants and women-led families.

“The Neighbourhood Land Trust is honoured to be partnering with the YWCA Toronto and the City to improve and steward this important social housing portfolio on behalf of communities across the west end of Toronto. Through our unique community ownership model, the Land Trust will ensure that these homes are preserved and protected as permanently affordable rental housing, while also providing tenants new opportunities to participate in decisions about their housing and community.”

Ayal Dinner, President of the Board of Directors, NLT

This transfer is part of the City’s Tenants First strategy to ensure a more tenant-focused approach to providing affordable family-sized housing.

This historic initiative shows the power of the Community Land Trust (CLT) model to preserve affordable housing in our communities and build more equitable and sustainable local economies through our community-led Social Procurement program and our planned environmental and accessibility improvements.

The NLT’s community-based governance model means that tenants will have new opportunities to participate in decisions about their housing as well as join with our community membership to build more equitable, accessible, and sustainable communities. Tenants will have the opportunity to:

• Apply to join a Tenant Advisory Committee to be a voice for tenants.
• Become a member of the NLT, vote in elections and run for the Board of Directors.
• Participate in volunteer committees to contribute to local initiatives to build a more equitable community.
• Attend educational events about affordable housing, community economic development and issues of social equity.
• Build new connections with our community of active tenants, members and community partners.