PAL Toronto Mandate
PAL Toronto offers assistance, creates and encourages programs and services for associates of Canada’s professional performing arts community in the areas of health, well-being, and affordable accommodation.
Applicants for residency must have devoted a substantial portion of their adult working life to the performing art and have received compensation for their work with income appropriate to the span of their career.
Applicants must also have membership in a professional association or a trade union or its equivalent appropriate to their artistic abilities or technical skills.
The Application Process
PAL Toronto is an independent living building, and consists of 205 units: two thirds are Rent Geared to Income (RGI), and one third are Market Value.
All applications are reviewed by the Residential Accommodation Committee (RAC) of PAL Toronto. The approval process consists of three steps:
- Review of application, professional resume, and union affiliation
- Former Landlord and Reference check
- In-person interview (On hold due to COVID19 restrictions)
All applicants will be notified when their application has been either approved or declined.
Successful applications will be placed on the waiting list, in order of date received.
The current wait time for a one-bedroom unit is between 5-7 years.
Market Value Applications
At this time, we are not accepting Market Value applications. The RAC Committee is postponing the decision of reopening until Fall 2021.
The waiting list for the two-bedroom Market units remains closed indefinitely.
Rent Geared to Income Applications
The procedure for RGI applications now requires two separate applications; one with the City of Toronto who manage the list, and the other directly with PAL Toronto.
As of July 2021, the City of Toronto opened its updated on-line RGI application portal.
For the full details please go to MyAccesstoHousingTO. This site is for all of the City’s RGI housing providers, and you are allowed to mark off any housing locations you feel are appropriate.
However, as PAL Toronto has a specific Mandate, you will be required to provide supporting documentation directly to PAL Toronto to confirm your career in the Canadian performing arts, so that we can determine your eligibility for residency here.
We are currently updating our procedures and the forms, including the application form, reference and credit check forms, as well as a detailed Checklist of all the supporting documents you will need to submit.
This won’t be available online until this Fall.
PLEASE NOTE: Though the Access to Housing website lists PAL Place as a housing choice, you will not be placed on the waiting list until we have confirmed your eligibility directly.
PAL Toronto offers assistance, creates and encourages programs and services for associates of Canada’s professional performing arts community in the areas of health, well-being, and affordable accommodation.
Applicants for residency must have devoted a substantial portion of their adult working life to the performing art and have received compensation for their work with income appropriate to the span of their career.
Applicants must also have membership in a professional association or a trade union or its equivalent appropriate to their artistic abilities or technical skills.
The Application Process
PAL Toronto is an independent living building, and consists of 205 units: two thirds are Rent Geared to Income (RGI), and one third are Market Value.
All applications are reviewed by the Residential Accommodation Committee (RAC) of PAL Toronto. The approval process consists of three steps:
- Review of application, professional resume, and union affiliation
- Former Landlord and Reference check
- In-person interview (On hold due to COVID19 restrictions)
All applicants will be notified when their application has been either approved or declined.
Successful applications will be placed on the waiting list, in order of date received.
The current wait time for a one-bedroom unit is between 5-7 years.
Market Value Applications
At this time, we are not accepting Market Value applications. The RAC Committee is postponing the decision of reopening until Fall 2021.
The waiting list for the two-bedroom Market units remains closed indefinitely.
Rent Geared to Income Applications
The procedure for RGI applications now requires two separate applications; one with the City of Toronto who manage the list, and the other directly with PAL Toronto.
As of July 2021, the City of Toronto opened its updated on-line RGI application portal.
For the full details please go to MyAccesstoHousingTO. This site is for all of the City’s RGI housing providers, and you are allowed to mark off any housing locations you feel are appropriate.
However, as PAL Toronto has a specific Mandate, you will be required to provide supporting documentation directly to PAL Toronto to confirm your career in the Canadian performing arts, so that we can determine your eligibility for residency here.
We are currently updating our procedures and the forms, including the application form, reference and credit check forms, as well as a detailed Checklist of all the supporting documents you will need to submit.
This won’t be available online until this Fall.
PLEASE NOTE: Though the Access to Housing website lists PAL Place as a housing choice, you will not be placed on the waiting list until we have confirmed your eligibility directly.