As opportunities become available, the City of Toronto will issue requests for proposals (RFPs) or calls for applications to support its goal of achieving or exceeding the provincial housing target of 285,000 new Toronto homes and the City’s target of approving 65,000 new rent-controlled homes across the city by 2030, including 6,500 rent-geared-to-income (RGI) homes and 18,000 supportive homes.
The City is seeking up to four qualified and experienced Indigenous, non-profit, or co-operative housing organizations with proven experience to build, own and operate affordable rental homes on City-owned Land at Quayside – Phase 1.
The Quayside site is bounded by Queens Quay East to the south, Bonnycastle Street to the west, Lake Shore Boulevard to the north and Small Street to the east. The project will include approximately 549 affordable rental homes which are proposed to be spread across four buildings.
The optional virtual information session took place on July 21, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Review the presentation slides from the information session.
Proposals must be submitted by August 8, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
Appendices 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are linked separately for easy viewing and for filling out forms:
All questions about this RFP should be submitted via email to the City’s Housing Secretariat at: HousingSecretariatRFP@toronto.ca. Please monitor this webpage for any new information about this RFP.
The City is seeking qualified Indigenous housing providers, non-profit housing co-operatives and non-profit housing organizations with proven experience to develop, finance, and operate an affordable housing project located at 1337-1345 Queen St. W. (the Parkdale Hub – West Block).
In the West Block (Block A), which is the first phase of the Parkdale Hub development, the City’s objective is to create a mixed-use, mixed-income community with a significant affordable rental housing component and a community space that serves as a cultural hub.
The optional virtual information session took place on May 27, 2025, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Review the presentation slides from the information session.
Proposals must be submitted by August 8, 2025, 12:00 p.m. (noon).
Appendices 4, 9 & 12 linked separately for easy viewing and for filling out forms:
Additional documents for reference:
All questions about this RFP are to be submitted via email to the City’s Housing Secretariat, at: HousingSecretariatRFP@toronto.ca. Please monitor this website for any new information about this RFP.
A new Affordable Rental and Rent-Controlled Housing Incentives stream is available to support the creation of a range of new rent-geared-to-income, affordable rental, and rent-controlled homes.
This call for applications will remain open on a rolling basis and continue to accept applications until the City has exhausted all financial incentives available for affordable and rent-controlled rental homes, which are approved on an annual basis. Applications through this call will be reviewed for eligibility and approved for incentives on a first-come, first-served basis.
All questions about this Call for Applications are to be submitted via email to the City’s Housing Secretariat, at: HousingSecretariatRFP@toronto.ca.
Please monitor this website for any new information about this Call for Applications.
On December 10, 2024 the Housing Secretariat staff held an online information session for the Affordable and Rent-Controlled Housing Incentives – Call for Applications which included an overview of the program and a Q&A. Review the presentation delivered during the City’s Online Information Session.
The call for applications has closed. City staff are in the process of reviewing applications. Please see the key dates below.
| Item | Date |
|---|---|
| Call for Applications Issued | March 6, 2025 |
| Information Sessions | March 17, 2025
March 20, 2025 |
| Deadline to Submit Written Questions to HousingSecretariatRFP@toronto.ca |
April 15, 2025 |
| Last Addendum Issued | April 25, 2025 |
| Deadline to Submit Applications | May 2, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. |
| Report to City Council for Final Approval | Summer 2025 |
The call for applications has closed. City staff are in the process of reviewing applications. Please see the key dates below.
| Item | Date |
|---|---|
| Call for application issuance date | November 8, 2024 |
| Information session | November 26, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. |
| Deadline for questions | February 12, 2025 |
| Last addendum issued | February 21, 2025 |
| Call for application closing date | February 28, 2025 |
| Successful proponents notified | Spring 2025 |
The new Purpose-Built Rental Housing Incentives stream supports purpose-built rental housing projects that provide a minimum of 20 per cent of homes as affordable rental homes.
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