1. Consolidation of A Social and Affordable Housing Branch within Community and Social Services

INTÉGRATION D’UNE DIRECTION DU LOGEMENT SOCIAL ET ABORDABLE AUX SERVICES SOCIAUX ET COMMUNAUTAIRES

Committee Recommendation

That Council approve the re-integration of existing social housing and residential supports with affordable housing; and that the position of Manager for Housing within Community and Social Services, responsible for social housing, shelter management and new affordable housing development, be created at a senior manager level.

RECOMMANDATION DU COMITÉ

Que le Conseil approuve la réintégration des services de logement social et de soutien résidentiel aux services de logement abordable et que soit créé, au sein des Services sociaux et communautaires, un nouveau poste de cadre supérieur, soit celui de gestionnaire du Logement, dont le titulaire sera responsable du logement social, de la gestion des refuges et du développement du logement abordable.

Documentation

1. Committee Coordinator’s report, Community and Protective Services, dated 7 May 2009 (ACS2009-CCS-CPS-0018).

2. Extract of Draft Minutes, 1 June 2009.

Report to / Rapport au:

Council / Conseil

22 May 2009 / le 22 mai 2009

Submitted by / Soumis par: Marc Desjardins, Committee Coordinator /

Coordonnateur de comité

Contact / Personne-ressource : Councillor Diane Deans

(613) 580-2480,Diane.Deans@ottawa.ca

City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2009-CCS-CPS-0018

SUBJECT: Consolidation of A Social and Affordable Housing Branch within Community and Social Services

OBJET: INTÉGRATION D’UNE DIRECTION DU LOGEMENT SOCIAL ET ABORDABLE AUX SERVICES SOCIAUX ET COMMUNAUTAIRES

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

BACKGROUND

On 1 June 2009, the Community and Protective Service Committee suspended the rules and voted on the following Motion.

WHEREAS in 2008 Council directed staff to re-align the management model at the City of Ottawa in order to achieve transparent and effective governance, service delivery excellence and sustainable finances; and

WHEREAS senior management introduced a management model that will streamline accountabilities, transform the City’s delivery of service into a service excellence model and align all social support and cost-shared services within one coordinated department; and

WHEREAS the new management model aligned Affordable Housing with Planning and Growth Management in Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability while maintaining existing social housing and residential supports within Community and Social Services in City Operations; and

WHEREAS the homeless services and the supportive and social housing communities in Ottawa, in reviewing the newly aligned management structure, have expressed concern that the full continuum of affordable housing and housing supports should be consolidated and championed in a single branch and requested that Council consider realigning social housing and affordable housing into a Housing Branch with Community and Social Services,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Committee approve the re-integration of existing social housing and residential supports with affordable housing; and that the position of Manager for Housing within Community and Social Services, responsible for social housing, shelter management and new affordable housing development, be created at a senior manager level.

CONSULTATION

City Operations

City Operations is supportive of the motion to re-align social housing and residential supports with affordable housing and to create a Manager of Housing within Community and Social Services. Under Council direction, staff recently brought forward a new management model to ensure that the experience of citizens with the City is improved, transforming our service delivery into a service excellence model. This further re-alignment will result in a consistent delivery of service as envisioned by the service excellence model.

LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

There are no legal/risk management impediments to implementing the recommendation in this report.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

There are no financial implications associated with this report. The proposed reorganization will be operationalized within existing resources.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Document 1 – Revised Community and Social Services Organization Chart

DISPOSITION

Staff will take the appropriate action following Council’s decision.

CONSOLIDATION OF A SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING BRANCH WITHIN COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES

INTÉGRATION D’UNE DIRECTION DU LOGEMENT SOCIAL ET ABORDABLE AUX SERVICES SOCIAUX ET COMMUNAUTAIRES

ACS2009-CCS-CPS-0018

Moved by D. Holmes

That the Community and Protective Services Committee approve the addition of this item for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to Section 84 (3) of the Procedure By-Law (being By-Law No. 2006-462)

CARRIED

The following delegations presented themselves to the Committee to make presentations in favour of the motion but deferred to speak as the Committee was in favour of carrying the motion:

· Ottawa Social Housing Network – Ishbel Solvason, Joanne Poirier, Karen Sexmith and Meg McCallum

· Alliance to End Homelessness – Perry Rowe and Marion Wright

· Housing Plus (Supportive Housing Network of Ottawa) – Jay Koornstra

Chair Deans asked Mr. Kanellakos if he was in favour of the motion and he answered in the affirmative.

Councillor Cullen congratulated the leadership of Chair Deans, Councillor Holmes and Councillor Feltmate in working with staff and the housing agencies in producing a resolution that helps the City of Ottawa and the ability to deal with homelessness.

Chair Deans stated that Councillor Cullen as well has been instrumental in this work.

Moved by D. Holmes

CARRIED