Actually the Little Trinity Church has a plan and most of the $$$ necessary to fix these sad houses up. There's more on this in the Corktown neighbourhood thread; among the comments is one I posted in December 2009....
"One of my neighbours recently wrote to Little Trinity Church asking about the houses discussed a few posts above. She received the response below, which may be of interest.
"We are always thankful when our friends and neighbours engage us in discussions about community issues and in particular, the situation concerning the state of the townhouses. I'm pleased to tell you that we are well underway with a building renewal program which will see a restoration and renovation of the Victorian townhouses at 399 King Street. Beginning in January we will be meeting regularly with our architects and engineers to prepare detailed plans and specifications for the project. Concurrently with that process we will be meeting with the various municipal departments to secure the necessary permits with a view to beginning construction in the spring of 2011. I appreciate that 2011 seems like a long time away but the lead time required for a $3,500,000.00 project is necessarily lengthy.
To date the congregation of Little Trinity Church has pledged approximately $1,500,000.00 to fund the project. The Diocese of Toronto has given us a grant of $1,000,000.00 toward it as well. We will use 2010 to raise the remainder of the funds necessary to meet our budget and to complete the preliminary work leading up to construction.
While I cannot comment specifically yet I can tell you that the Property Renewal Team has plans to conduct a series of town hall meeting for the community to let people know what we're doing. This won't happen until the toward the middle/end of next year. We simply don't have sufficient information available at this time to provide a meaningful presentation."
