Motion – Councillor L. Dudas – Ottawa Community Housing Corporation - Alternative Processes to Requests for Proposals
File No. ACS2026-OCC-CCS-0037 - City-wide
Motion
That Planning and Housing Committee recommend Council approve that staff be directed to review current processes and policies respecting the allocation of municipal land and resources for affordable housing with the goal of streamlining the City’s approach while maintaining transparency, fairness, and accountability; and
That, as part of this review, staff consider a range of different models to more efficiently move projects forward, including but not limited to leveraging OCHC as the City’s municipal housing corporation and considering a prequalification mechanism for established sector partnerships and other alternatives to RFP processes; and
That staff consider how to best recognize the varying scale and capacities of organizations, encourage partnerships, and explore strategic uses of long-term land leases and transfers to balance affordability goals with long-term value for taxpayers; and
That staff be directed to ensure the proposed updates to the processes align with the City’s Procurement By-law, Real Property Disposal Policy, Action Ottawa Guidelines, and applicable legal requirements, and includes recommendations on transparency, fairness, and reporting; and
That staff work with OCHC to explore ways to more effectively streamline future developments and improve the speed and affordability at which wholly municipally-owned non-market housing is delivered in Ottawa; and
That a report detailing the outcomes of this motion rise to Council through the Planning and Housing Committee as soon as feasible.
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Next Meeting
May 6, 2026