Immediate Actions to Address the 2023 Taxation Year of the Vacant Home Tax

Motions and results

• Amend Item 18 April 2024

  Lost, 5-18
  • Yes519%
  • No1869%
  • Absent312%

  Majority required - CC17.1 - Crisanti - motion 3a

• Adopt Item as Amended 18 April 2024

  Carried, 23-1
  • Yes2388%
  • No14%
  • Absent28%

  Majority required - CC17.1 - Adopt the item as amended

Source: Members of Council voting record.

How members voted, and who was contacted

Contacted share by vote: 0 of 23 (0%) of Yes votes, 0 of 1 (0%) of No votes. 90-day window. Ward councillors and committee members are flagged below because they are contacted on local and committee matters by default.

• Yes No Absent
• ● Member contacted
• ◐ Staff contacted
• ○ Not contacted
• W Ward councillor
• C Committee member
• B Voted differently from bloc
• $ Funded by a linked contributor of an organisation lobbying on this item

• Olivia ChowMayor
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• John ToryMayor
  No vote recorded○ Not contacted
• Vincent CrisantiWard 1
  No○ Not contacted
  C Committee memberB Voted differently from bloc
• Stephen HolydayWard 2
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Amber MorleyWard 3
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Gord PerksWard 4
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Frances NunziataWard 5
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee memberB Voted differently from bloc
• James PasternakWard 6
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Anthony PerruzzaWard 7
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Mike ColleWard 8
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Alejandra BravoWard 9
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Ausma MalikWard 10
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Dianne SaxeWard 11
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Josh MatlowWard 12
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Chris MoiseWard 13
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Paula FletcherWard 14
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Rachel Chernos LinWard 15
  No vote recorded○ Not contacted
• Jaye RobinsonWard 15
  Absent○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Jon BurnsideWard 16
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Shelley CarrollWard 17
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Lily ChengWard 18
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Brad BradfordWard 19
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Gary CrawfordWard 20
  No vote recorded○ Not contacted
• Parthi KandavelWard 20
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Michael ThompsonWard 21
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee memberB Voted differently from bloc
• Nick MantasWard 22
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee memberB Voted differently from bloc
• Jamaal MyersWard 23
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Paul AinslieWard 24
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Jennifer McKelvieWard 25
  Absent○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Neethan ShanWard 25
  No vote recorded○ Not contacted

Contact status uses the 90-day window. Vote shown is the vote on the deciding motion.

Lobbyists choose whom to contact (persuadable members, ward councillors, committee members), so a difference does not show a change of mind.

Linked lobbying registrations

This link is inferred by lobbyTO; the registry does not record which agenda item a registration concerns.

Links between records are inferred by a model and are not reviewed by a person. Each link shows its score out of 1; moderate-confidence links (0.7 to 0.9) are wrong more often than high-confidence links. How links are scored

• Toronto Regional Real Estate Board · registration SM34183 · 12 February 2023 to 31 December 2026

  • Affordable Housing
  • Budget
  Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.88

  A model scored this link between 0.7 and 0.9 out of 1. Links are not checked by a person, and links in this range are wrong more often: check the evidence before relying on it.

  Source records

  • Registration SM34183: Vacant Home Tax - including such details as potential exemptions, rate of tax, and implementation details (Lobbyist Registry)
  • Agenda item 2024.CC17.1: Immediate Actions to Address the 2023 Taxation Year of the Vacant Home Tax (TMMIS)

  No further evidence was recorded for this link.

• Building Industry and Land Development Association · registration SM34061 · 18 January 2023 to 31 December 2025

  • By-law / Regulation
  Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.85

  A model scored this link between 0.7 and 0.9 out of 1. Links are not checked by a person, and links in this range are wrong more often: check the evidence before relying on it.

  Source records

  • Registration SM34061: Seeking an amendment to the vacant home tax by-law and policy on residential development which was approved in Dec 2021. (Lobbyist Registry)
  • Agenda item 2024.CC17.1: Immediate Actions to Address the 2023 Taxation Year of the Vacant Home Tax (TMMIS)

  No further evidence was recorded for this link.

Window: 90 days before the first recorded vote (19 January 2024 to 18 April 2024). 0 communications on 0 linked registrations.

No communications on linked registrations in this window.

Declared interests

No declared interests are recorded for this item.

Source: City of Toronto registry of declared interest.