Finance and Corporate Services Committee

WHEREAS the redevelopment of 1770 Heatherington Road is intended to deliver new housing opportunities within a complete and inclusive community; and WHEREAS staff have identified a proposal for Ottawa Community Housing to advance both Phase 1 and Phase 2 residential components of the site in order to support a more coordinated and efficient development approach; and WHEREAS Council recognizes the importance of ensuring that the redevelopment includes a broad range of housing options that support residents with varying needs, household sizes, and levels of affordability. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct staff to work with Ottawa Community Housing to explore opportunities to deliver Phase 2 as a mixed-income, inclusive, and livable community with a variety of housing options and levels of affordability; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to examine potential partnership opportunities with other non-profit and community housing providers as part of the Phase 2 development strategy, including opportunities for affordable and market housing, family-oriented housing, and community-serving uses.

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s Housing Acceleration Plan Section 4A identifies emerging policy levers for the strategic use of public lands for affordable housing development; WHEREAS housing cooperatives, both provincial and federal are an important component of the City of Ottawa’s local affordable housing ecosystem; WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has entered into land leases with housing co-operatives to enable those co-operatives to construct residential buildings and operate on City lands; WHEREAS housing co-operatives are well positioned in both the preservation and creation of affordable housing within the City of Ottawa; WHEREAS co-operative boards are independent and self-determining; WHEREAS the City is afforded an opportunity to engage with co-operatives as lease approach renewal; WHEREAS the City’s Disposal of Real Property Policy requires that municipal lands be disposed of at market value unless otherwise authorized by Council; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to develop a guiding document for housing co-operatives to be made available well in advance of the end of lease terms, outlining steps to take and potential supports available for co-operatives interested in exploring options for developing new affordable housing on their sites; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this document be developed in consultation with relevant housing sector partners that may include but are not limited to local housing cooperatives, CHF Canada, CHASEO, and the Ottawa Community