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Building Review

1 Homewood Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4Y

A 4-storey, 67-unit private rental building built in 1940.

Living score
63/100
Built
1940
Units
67
Storeys
4
City inspection
91/100

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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City bylaw and health cases

11 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2025; 2 notices or orders to comply; 4 still open.

A case starts with a complaint or an officer’s visit, so it is not a finding against the building. In a condo, a complaint about one unit is filed under the building’s address.

  • Repairs and upkeep 10
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Order Issued

    • inside unit – bathroom: The plumbing system is not kept free from leaks or defects. (open)
    • Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
    • Repair(s) does not reasonably match existing ceiling(s). (open)
    • Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
    • Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely thr ceiling in the main room of the unit. (open)

    Case 26 231572 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 228504 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 220057 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 216735 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 212037 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172093 000 00 IR

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  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172092 000 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 124413 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Mar 2026· Prosecution Initiated

    • Hall – West: Floor not maintained free from trip or other hazardous condition, specifically, deteriorated and splintering portions of wood creating cut hazard. (open)

    Case 26 129191 PRS 00 IV

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Prosecution Initiated

    Case 26 115614 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 249435 PRS 00 IR

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Bylaw investigation activity (open cases, and those closed in the last two years) and residential health hazards.

From City of Toronto open data

Neighbourhood

Living score

63/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit68

    23 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: College (1 Yonge-University Line), 770 m.

  • Parks & trees20

    8.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 250 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling87

    Within 1 km: 6.55 km of protected lanes, 1.95 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.1 km of shared routes. 11 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    15 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Elementary School, 310 m), plus 9 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities98

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 3 community centres, 21 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety8

    11 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Also worth knowing

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Safety

Cabbagetown-South St.James Town

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (46% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.5× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).

How often police recorded each crime for every resident of the whole neighbourhood, averaged over 2023–2025. Places many people visit but few live in, like downtown, rank high for that reason alone, so this is not part of the living score.

Air

Traffic pollutionLow

Don Valley Parkway, 1.4 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

15.3 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly Toronto Metropolitan University

Bands: traffic is high within 150 m of an expressway and moderate within 500 m; industrial is moderate under a tonne a year and high above. The industrial bands are ours, for orientation only: ChemTRAC totals mix substances of very different toxicity. Releases are self-reported to the City’s ChemTRAC program. For today’s readings see Air Quality Ontario.

Supervised consumption services

Nearest site
Street Health, 610 m
Sites within 1 km
2

Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.

Zoning

Residential

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d2.0) (x877)
Height limit
18 m

Zoning By-law 569-2013, from City of Toronto open data. Exceptions (“x” numbers) and site-specific amendments can change what is allowed; check the City’s zoning map before relying on it.

Nearby change

Open planning applications within 300 m
3
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 405 Sherbourne St · 170 m away

    Site plan · Application Received · submitted 2026-03-09

    Site Plan Control Application for a 35-storey (112.6) metre building (excluding mechanical penthouse) 25,069 square metres of residential gross floor area and 388 square metres of non-residential gross floor area and a landscaped mid-block

    City record
  • 383 Sherbourne St · 120 m away

    Site plan · Appeal Received · submitted 2023-07-06

    The proposal will introduce a 39 storey residential building representing an F.S.I. of 13.58 and lot coverage of 69%. The total GFA will be 20,328 sq. m. incorporating 378 units, and 1,384 sq. m. of indoor and outdoor amenity space.

    City record
  • 410 Sherbourne St · 160 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-11-07

    Site Plan Approval Application for a 42-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 240 square metres and a residential gross floor area of 31,273 square metres.

    City record

Rezonings, site plans and subdivisions submitted in the last five years and still open.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Data as of 2026-10-03. Transit from TTC weekday schedules; parks, trees, cycling, schools, libraries, community centres, child care, collisions, crime, expressways, ChemTRAC releases, planning applications and short-term rental registrations from open.toronto.ca; Bike Share stations from Bike Share Toronto; supervised consumption sites from Health Canada.

From CMHC and the City of Toronto

Rent

Average rents nearby

Monthly rent in purpose-built rental apartments, October 2025.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsCabbagetown-South St. James TownToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,349$1,606$1,491
1 bed$1,903$2,042$1,761
2 beds$2,331$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$1,829$2,163$1,917

Averages over every unit, including long tenancies under rent control, so they run below what a new lease costs today. Condominium units rented out by their owners are not included. “-” means too few units were surveyed to publish; * marks an estimate CMHC rates poor. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Rent reductions after property-tax cuts

When a rental property’s tax falls by more than 2.49%, Ontario law cuts its rents by a matching share, and the City writes to the tenants.

The City’s lists for 2014–2025 have no rent-reduction notices for this address.

Source: City of Toronto, Tenant Notification for Rent Reduction, 2014–2025.

Building facts

From the City of Toronto’s RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2017). Not resident reviews.

91 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
67
Built
1940
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 830AM - 9PM
Pets
Allowed
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Amenities
Indoor recreation room
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
13

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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