During the fall municipal election campaign, affordable housing was one of the main issues talked about by mayoral and council candidates. Our new mayor has…
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A new 40-unit Carling Avenue residence and a nine-storey apartment in the heart of Little Italy are among more than 270 units of affordable housing…
Gathered with a small group of fellow tenant-activists, armed with protest signs that attract sporadic honks from passing cars on Greenbank Road, Norma-Jean Quibell says…
“I’m sorry, we don’t have any beds at the moment.” It’s a phrase I say over and over throughout the day. I offer the caller…
Soaring construction costs are eating into the city’s capital dollars for the creation of affordable housing. Read More Source: Visit the Ottawa Citizen for more!
What happens when all three levels of government decide to set policy on the same topic? Look to the hot mess of affordable housing to…
The federal and Ontario governments have each announced new rules that they pretend will do something to control sky-high housing prices. Unfortunately, things such as…
Is there any area of daily life that governments do NOT think they should meddle in? It may be that two years of bailing out…
Believe it or not, there has been more happening in Ottawa’s local government aside from LRT controversies, integrity scandals and urban planning outrages. Read More …
Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved an official plan amendment and “social contract” with a developer, allowing the company to build a high-density rental project at…