City CouncilMeeting 33

City of Ottawa’s Housing Accelerator Fund Use of Funds and Roadmap

Council was asked to

  1. staff shall communicate to Planning and Housing Committee and Council through memo or IPD (Information Previously Distributed) the draft contents of the forthcoming report to CMHC at least one Planning and Housing Committee meeting prior to the submission
  2. the memo shall also contain a list of projects expected to proceed upon receipt of the next tranche of Housing Accelerator Fund.
Lost

11 for, 13 against

Affects
City-wide
Agenda item
17.3
Motion number
2024 - 33-05
City file number
ACS2024-PRE-EDP-0035

How each member voted

The recitals

  • the City of Ottawa’s Housing Accelerator Fund Use of Funds and Roadmap delegates the authority to the Director, Housing Services to allocate 90 per cent of what the City receives from all four advances of the Housing Accelerator Fund towards initiative 6, being the Non-Profit Affordable Housing Pipeline Strategy, through conditional capital contributions agreements with housing providers, with 90 per cent of the first three advances, being up to $119 million
  • the Report of the Ottawa Light Rail Transit Public Inquiry states the importance of committees and Council being able to exercise meaningful oversight of critical decisions made by city staff, including by receiving timely updates from staff

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