The City’s Multi-Tenant Houses Renovation & Repair Program provides forgivable loan funding to address costs related to improving safety and building conditions for tenants and bringing properties into compliance with the Multi-Tenant Houses framework. Fee waivers for planning application and building permit fees are also available to eligible property owners.
Through the program, the City aims to:
Properties requiring renovations to comply with the Multi-Tenant Houses framework – including those with outstanding City work orders related to compliance – are encouraged to apply. The intent of the program is to assist with the work required so that the property can obtain a licence.
Renovation projects must meet the criteria below to be eligible for the program.
The program application process is competitive, and funding is limited. Only those applications that best meet the program’s requirements will be eligible for funding and not all applicants will be successful. Successful applicants should not expect their entire funding request to be satisfied, and the final amount of funding provided to a successful applicant shall be at the City’s sole discretion.
Successful applicants may receive up to $100,000 in funding per “multi-tenant house room” as defined under the Multi-Tenant Houses Bylaw. This funding can be used to pay pre-construction costs to obtain supporting materials for building and planning applications, and/or eligible capital renovations costs that are directly required to bring the property into compliance with the regulatory framework and obtain a licence under the bylaw.
Successful applicants may also receive waivers of planning application fees (including minor variance, rezoning, or others as required), and/or building permit fees. Successful applicants may be provided these waivers with or without being approved for funding under the program.
All funding will be provided in the form of a forgivable loan. The value of the City funding and fee waivers will be repayable if the conditions of an applicant’s agreement with the City under the program are not met. In some cases, at the discretion of the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, repayment of pre-construction funding and waivers may be forgiven if it is determined that the project cannot be cost effectively licensed.
Successful applicants will be required to provide security, commensurate with the value of the City funding and waivers provided, to secure this obligation, as determined by the City. Amounts of $25,000 or less will be secured by a promissory note, and amounts exceeding $25,000 will require a mortgage to be registered on title.
Eligible soft costs:
Eligible hard costs:
Work that is not eligible for program support includes:
The City will determine if the requested types of work and associated costs are eligible, and decisions will be final.
The program application package is available from the City of Toronto’s Housing Secretariat. The application package will be provided after an introductory meeting between City staff and the applicant and/or their representatives. The application process is designed to ensure the City receives applications in an orderly and efficient manner and that applicants receive fair and equitable treatment in the receipt and evaluation of their applications.
Please contact Housing Secretariat staff to arrange for an introductory meeting by emailing MTHrenovationfund@toronto.ca.
Emails should use the following format, providing the address of the multi-tenant home property and contact information:
Subject: (Insert address of multi-tenant house) MTH Renovation Program inquiry
Contact information:
Name:
Telephone number:
Email:
Find out more about the regulatory framework for multi-tenant houses that came into effect on March 31, 2024.