The City works with private and not-for-profit sectors to develop affordable housing. This helps advance our 10 Year Housing and Homelessness Plan. We:
- Deliver federal, provincial and municipal affordable housing programs such as:
- Action Ottawa
- Ontario Renovates Program
- Homeownership Down Payment Assistance
- Find ways to improve housing affordability for low- income households. We negotiate and advocate with other levels of government, community agencies, developers, and other City departments.
- Develop and manage funding and incentive programs using federal and provincial funding, private funding, land, and other equity.
- Build community capacity by creating partnerships in the community to transfer and share knowledge, skills, and expertise.
Action Ottawa
Action Ottawa increases the supply of low-income affordable housing. This includes well designed and well managed supportive housing. Action Ottawa:
- Combines City incentives with funding from other levels of government to help private and non-profit developers build new affordable rental housing for moderate and low-income households.
- Uses fee relief, capital grants, and in some cases, City-owned land.
- Leverages municipal resources with other government programs and grants.
For more information about federal housing initiatives and the National Housing Strategy, visit the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation website.
For more information about provincial housing initiatives, visit the Province of Ontario.
Process
The City issues:
- Requests for Proposals (RFP)
- Requests for Expressions of Interest (REI)
- Requests for Offers (RFO).
These allocate Action Ottawa capital grants, incentives, City owned lands for affordable housing. Proposals submitted under these programs must meet requirements set by City Council and upper levels of government.
Visit MERX for these initiatives.
For more information, email Affordable Housing Branch or call 613-580-2424 ext. 12300.
