Councillor’s Message
Province commits $24.1M in funding in support of affordable housing This past Wednesday I had the privilege, in my capacity as Chair of Ottawa Community Housing, to introduce Provincial Ministers…
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Council approves investments in homelessness prevention
On May 24th, Council approved an investment plan to spend $48.5 million in provincial funding in 2023 and 2024 under the Homelessness Prevention Program. The plan is to provide long-term housing…
Community Services Committee Update
Committee approves investments in homelessness prevention On May 23rd, 2023, the City’s Community Services Committee approved proposed spending for 2023 and 2024 under the provincial Homelessness Prevention Program. The City would…
Committee approves approach to social housing investment
This week at Planning and Housing Committee we approved an approach to investing $31.8 million over the next two years in social housing funding from the Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative…
City of Ottawa’s Better Homes Ottawa Loan Program
City of Ottawa’s Better Homes Ottawa Loan Program helps homeowners make energy efficiency home upgrades The City of Ottawa is committed to supporting homeowners to make energy efficient home improvements…
Support for the Canada Housing Benefit
Ottawa ACORN is a local and national community organization of low and moderate-income people. ACORN work on a variety of issues such as affordable and livable housing, predatory lending, the digital…
Coldest Night of the Year is here!
CNOY 2023 Tomorrow evening I’ll be joining walkers in Westboro who will be walking 2km and 5km in support of Cornerstone Housing – housing and support for women and gender-diverse people.…
Planning and Housing Committee Update
This week Planning and Housing Committee approved its draft budget for 2023, which includes $82.5 million in operating funding and $20.1 million in capital funding related to planning. This includes…
Planning and Housing Committee update
The City’s Planning and Housing Committee met this past week where members recommended approval of a revised timeframe for developing a new Zoning By-law for Ottawa. Under the revised timelines,…
Councillor’s Message
Anti-Displacement motion passes to help work towards preventing “renovictions” This week has seen some progress in taking action on housing affordability. At a joint meeting between the City’s Planning Committee…