General Issues Committee approves Options to Provide Financial Assistance to Eligible Low-Income Senior Tenants 14-0

General Issues Committee voted 14 to 0, with 2 absent on Options to Provide Financial Assistance to Eligible Low-Income Senior Tenants at its Wednesday, July 8, 2026 meeting. The motion carried.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

Program including: (a) Eligibility criteria; (b) Administrative requirements and verification processes; (c) Estimated annual program costs and potential funding sources; General Issues Committee July 8, 2026 Minutes – GIC 26-010 Page 18 of 22 Please refer to the July 15, 2026 Council minutes for the disposition of these matters. (d) Opportunities to align the program with existing seniors' assistance programs; (e) Any required policy, by-law, budget, or program amendments necessary to implement such a program; and, (f) Legal, operational, financial, technological, and system implications, including any changes required to utility billing processes, customer information systems, program administration, and staffing resources necessary to implement such a program. 11. PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL (i) (Kroetsch/Cassar) That Committee move into Closed Session for Items 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 and 11.5 pursuant to Section 9.3, Sub-Sections (c), (e), (f), (g) and (k) of the City's Procedural By-law 21-021, as amended, and Section 239(2), Sub-sections (c), (e), (f), (g) and (k) of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, as the subject matter pertains to a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board; litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the City or a local board; advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; a matter in respect of which a council, board, committee or other body may hold a closed meeting under an Act other than the Municipal Act, 2001; and a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City or a local board.

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