Keep TCHC Tenants Housed: Show Your Support for an Eviction Moratorium

Advancing Housing Stability: Proposed Eviction Moratorium at City Hall

As Toronto continues to face a deepening housing crisis, an important motion is moving forward that could provide immediate relief to some of the city’s most vulnerable tenants.

Between 2023 and 2025, evictions in Toronto Community Housing have increased by more than 100%, harming the most vulnerable communities in the city. Evictions from social housing disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, racialized, and low-income tenants, as well as seniors, families, youth, and persons with disabilities.

A recommendation has been advanced for the implementation of a moratorium on arrears-related evictions in Toronto Community Housing, proposed to take effect from July 30, 2026 to November 15, 2026. This temporary pause is intended to create the necessary space for City Council to review and adopt a comprehensive, equity-focused plan to address the alarming rise in evictions across the system.

This recommendation will be considered by the Economic and Community Development Committee on April 9th, 2026, marking a critical opportunity for residents, advocates, and community leaders to engage in the decision-making process and push for meaningful action on housing stability and equity.

How did we get here?

On March 23rd, 2026, Toronto City Council's Confronting Anti-Black Racism Advisory Committee (CABRAC) made the following recommendations:

1. City Council request the Board of Directors, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, to request the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation to consider implementing a moratorium on arrears-related evictions effective July 30, 2026, until November 15, 2026, or until such time as City Council receives and considers a comprehensive plan to address the rise in evictions, particularly their disproportionate impact on Black, Indigenous, racialized, and low-income tenants.

2. City Council request the Board of Directors, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, in consultation with the City Manager, to develop and implement a rehousing and housing stability pathway for tenants who have been evicted from Toronto Community Housing Corporation-operated social housing, with priority given to:

a. Black, Indigenous, and racialized tenants;

b. Seniors, persons with disabilities, families with children, and youth; and

c. Tenants displaced through arrears-related, administrative, or non-violent evictions.

3. City Council declare that Toronto is experiencing an escalating housing crisis, with increasing evictions from social housing, the housing of last resort for many residents, including seniors, persons with disabilities, youth, and families from equity-seeking communities.

4. City Council reaffirms its commitment to addressing anti-Black racism in housing, consistent with:

a. The Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism; and

b. The United Nations’ International Decade for People of African Descent (Recognition, Justice, Development).

5. City Council request the Board of Directors, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, to direct the Chief Executive Officer, to report to the Board of Directors, Toronto Community Housing Corporation by Q4 2026 on:

a. The number and demographics of Toronto Community Housing Corporation tenants facing eviction, disaggregated by race, gender, age, postal code, and type of eviction;

b. The number and demographics of former Toronto Community Housing Corporation tenants who have been evicted and remain unhoused or housing-insecure; and

c. Immediate and long-term interventions to prevent evictions and support rehousing in social housing.

Watch the full meeting and discussion archived here: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/#/committees/2744/27418.

This recommendation will now be considered by the Economic and Community Development Committee.

This is a pivotal moment to ensure that Toronto’s response to the housing crisis prioritizes prevention, dignity, and long-term solutions, keeping people housed while building a more just and equitable city.

Show Your Support

Sign our petition to support your support in favour of the proposed evictions moratorium.

Want to take it a step further?

Email ecdc@toronto.ca and members of the ECDC with the following:

Subject: Keep TCHC Tenants Housed!

To the members of the Economic and Community Development Committee,

I am writing to you today regarding Item CR9.4 :Addressing Evictions through Disaggregated Race-Based Data in Social Housing, which was discussed in Toronto City Council's Confronting Anti-Black Racism Advisory Committee (CABRAC) most recent meeting on March 23rd, 2026. I am in full support of an eviction moratorium for TCHC tenants and I would like to see ECDC's approve the implementation of an eviction moratorium on arrears-related evictions effective July 30, 2026, until November 15, 2026.

Evictions from social housing disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, racialized, and low-income tenants, as well as seniors, families, youth, and persons with disabilities. As a resident of the City of Toronto, I do not want eviction from social housing to become a pipeline to homelessness. I am concerned that those who live in social housing already represent some of the most vulnerable communities who will have nowhere to go if removed. Despite rents falling in the private market, Toronto is still deeply unaffordable and with a cost of living crisis that has impacted groceries, gas and other essentials, evictions are a cruel solution to those who need protections the most.

I hope that you will support this motion and continue working to find solutions that will support tenants across the city

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Organization/Affiliation if any]

[Your Postal Code]

Members of ECDC: