2025 Affordable Housing Capital Strategy and Update
File No. ACS2025-SI-HSI-0023 - City-wide
Report Recommendation(s)
That the Planning and Housing Committee recommend that Council:
Delegate authority to the Interim Director, Housing Solutions and Investment Services (HSIS), to allocate 2025-2026 Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative (OPHI) funds, and any additional funding that becomes available in 2026, to either a contingency budget to support non-profit, affordable and supportive housing projects that require additional funding, or to cover non-exempt City fees and charges, or to projects selected from the Non-profit Affordable Housing Pipeline (Document 1), and to any other projects that receive, or will receive, pre-development funding and that may be added to the Pipeline list in accordance with the selection criteria outlined in the 2024 Affordable Housing Capital Strategy and Update report.
Approve a final extension up to March 31, 2026, based on the conditions set out in the report, of the short-term interest-free repayable loan of $606,075 to the African Canadian Association of Ottawa (ACAO) that was provided through the 2021 Capital Plan for their project at 881-883 Pinecrest Road and delegate authority to the Interim Director, HSIS, to convert a portion of the short-term loan to a conditional contribution, if conditions set out in the report are satisfied.
In Camera Items
Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)
Inquiries
Other Business
Adjournment
Next Meeting
Wednesday, December 3, 2025.