10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan
Click here to read the City’s 2018 10 Year Housing and Homelessness Plan progress report . The City, in our role as Service Manager under the Housing Services Act, 2011, has an obligation to report out annually to the public on their accomplishments under the 10 Year Plan. The 10 Year Plan Progress report provides…
Affordable Housing: Council approves investment plan
On Wednesday June 26th 2019, City Council approved an investment plan for the City’s $15-million affordable housing contribution, approved in Budget 2019 and the recently announced $17.7-million federal/provincial investment to address housing affordability under the new Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative. The combined funding promises more than $32 million for the development of affordable housing in…
Ottawa’a Point-in-Time Count
The purpose of the Ottawa 2018 Everyone Counts, Point-in-Time (PiT) Count, was to provide a snapshot of our population experiencing homelessness and to set the foundation to measure our progress toward eliminating chronic homelessness by 2024. To read the report, click here.
Funding Plan for Affordable Housing
On June 13th, the Planning Committee approved the affordable housing investment plan laid out by staff to outline spending and investment for both the City’s $15 million affordable housing fund, and for a recently announced $17.7 million in Provincial-Federal funding. All together, that gives Ottawa $32 million over the next three years to address housing…
Rental Accommodations Study
The Public Policy Development Branch of Emergency and Protective Services is pleased to notify residents of the launch of the public phase of the Rental Accommodations Study. On May 22, 2019, staff published project webpage on ottawa.ca with details of the study and research findings to date. Overview As a component of the 2018 Operating…