Motion - Councillor A. Troster - Renovictions

Council was asked to

1. That Council direct the General Manager of the Emergency and Protective Services Department, in consultation with the Community and Social Services Department, the Planning, Development and Building Services Department, and Legal Services, to review the City of Hamilton’s Renovation Licence and Relocation By-law and the Federal Tenant Protection Fund and the new Canadian Renters’ Bill of Rights and report back to the appropriate Standing Committee of Council by Q4 2024, with a preliminary assessment of the feasibility of developing a similar “anti-renovictions” by-law in the City of Ottawa, which should include an outline of the anticipated timelines, costs, FTE Requirements and operating resource implications to do this work as well as the planned or approved projects on existing departmental work plans that would have to be deferred or postponed as a result.