Toronto is at risk of losing tens of millions in federal housing funding after city council voted against allowing sixplexes citywide, a key condition of its $471 million deal with Ottawa.
At a June 25 meeting, a suburban-majority council rejected a motion to expand as-of-right zoning for six-unit buildings across the city. Instead, council approved maintaining permissions for fourplexes citywide while limiting sixplex construction to downtown and one ward in Scarborough.
The decision comes as the city falls well behind on its housing starts. They are down nearly 60 per cent in 2025 relative to 2024, and in the rest of the GTA, they're down nearly 30 per cent.