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The Finance and Corporate Services Committee and the Planning and Housing Committee approved the Housing Acceleration Plan to help creating more housing in Ottawa.
In a joint meeting today, the Finance and Corporate Services Committee and the Planning and Housing Committee approved a new comprehensive plan to help deal with Ottawa’s housing crisis.
The plan builds on the work of the Housing Innovation Task Force, which brought City staff together with housing industry representatives to come up with ideas to help get more homes built faster. It also builds on changes the City has already made or is working to introduce, like speeding up planning reviews and allowing smart intensification, particularly near transit, through updates to the City’s zoning rules.
The bold strategy approved by Joint Committee will fundamentally change how the City approaches housing. The goal is to remove obstacles and use every available tool the City has to support building more homes. The plan focuses on areas where the City has the most control and includes five main objectives:
If Council approves, 40 per cent of the actions in the Housing Acceleration Plan would be brought into effect immediately, to help encourage fast results. Those actions include:
Committee approves multi-tower developments in Cyrville, Lincoln Heights
The Planning and Housing Committee met earlier in the day and approved a zoning amendment for two new multi-tower developments that promise more housing near transit.
Near Cyrville Station, the Committee approved zoning for the development of two 30-storey, mixed-use buildings at the northeast corner of Ogilvie Road and Cummings Avenue. The proposal is for more than 840 apartment units and ground-floor commercial space. A privately owned public space is also planned between the two towers, along with areas planned for trees, and a public walkway connecting to nearby Ken Steele Park. The amendment would change the site’s zoning to Transit Oriented Development and increase required bike parking, aligning with Official Plan policies that encourage more use of sustainable transportation and intensification near LRT.
Near Lincoln Fields Station, the committee approved zoning for the development of a 28-storey and a 30-storey building northeast of Richmond and Assaly roads. This proposal is for nearly 590 apartments and ground-floor commercial space. The amendment would increase permitted height and require that at least 10 per cent of the residential units have two bedrooms or more. It would also double the required amount of bike parking.
Tracking Ottawa’s housing approvals
To help address the housing crisis, City Council committed to providing home builders enough opportunities to build 151,000 quality market homes by 2031. The City tracks the progress of residential development in Ottawa and shares that data through an interactive housing approvals dashboard.
From Q1 2023 to Q4 2024, Council provided approvals for more than 52,000 new homes, putting applicants in a position to build roughly one third of the homes required to meet that 2031 goal. If Council approves the land-use permissions recommended today by the Planning and Housing Committee, applicants will be in a position to build another 1,432 new dwellings. Since the start of 2025, it is estimated this Committee has enabled the development of about 11,500 new dwellings.
City Council will consider the recommendations from today’s meetings on Wednesday, October 8.
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In a joint meeting today, the Finance and Corporate Services Committee and the Planning and Housing Committee approved a new comprehensive plan to help deal with Ottawa’s housing crisis.
The plan builds on the work of the Housing Innovation Task Force, which brought City staff together with housing industry representatives to come up with ideas to help get more homes built faster. It also builds on changes the City has already made or is working to introduce, like speeding up planning reviews and allowing smart intensification, particularly near transit, through updates to the City’s zoning rules.
The bold strategy approved by Joint Committee will fundamentally change how the City approaches housing. The goal is to remove obstacles and use every available tool the City has to support building more homes. The plan focuses on areas where the City has the most control and includes five main objectives:
- Simplify the rules and make approvals faster: The City will simplify local oversight and streamline its processes to reduce delays and help get housing projects started more quickly.
- Create a housing-friendly culture at City Hall: The City will look at all local planning rules through a “housing lens” to ensure efficiency and greater focus on getting more homes built.
- Be more flexible with fees and charges: The City will temporarily lower some costs for builders to help them start projects now, instead of waiting for better market conditions.
- Better support affordable housing: The City will proactively prepare City-owned land for affordable housing projects and will create a 10-year housing roadmap to guide this work to help overcome the high building costs and limited funding that have slowed affordable housing.
- Build more homes near transit: The City will encourage new housing near public transit, with options for different budgets and family sizes to promote walkable vibrant neighborhoods.
If Council approves, 40 per cent of the actions in the Housing Acceleration Plan would be brought into effect immediately, to help encourage fast results. Those actions include:
- Reducing Community Benefits charges for five years
- Deferring collection of Development Charges until occupancy
- Allowing for reimbursement of additional fees for non-profit affordable housing projects
- Using pre-set building designs to allow expedited building permits
- Deferring, reducing or waiving select Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland (CILP) charges for 18 months, while the City completes a review of its CILP policy
Committee approves multi-tower developments in Cyrville, Lincoln Heights
The Planning and Housing Committee met earlier in the day and approved a zoning amendment for two new multi-tower developments that promise more housing near transit.
Near Cyrville Station, the Committee approved zoning for the development of two 30-storey, mixed-use buildings at the northeast corner of Ogilvie Road and Cummings Avenue. The proposal is for more than 840 apartment units and ground-floor commercial space. A privately owned public space is also planned between the two towers, along with areas planned for trees, and a public walkway connecting to nearby Ken Steele Park. The amendment would change the site’s zoning to Transit Oriented Development and increase required bike parking, aligning with Official Plan policies that encourage more use of sustainable transportation and intensification near LRT.
Near Lincoln Fields Station, the committee approved zoning for the development of a 28-storey and a 30-storey building northeast of Richmond and Assaly roads. This proposal is for nearly 590 apartments and ground-floor commercial space. The amendment would increase permitted height and require that at least 10 per cent of the residential units have two bedrooms or more. It would also double the required amount of bike parking.
Tracking Ottawa’s housing approvals
To help address the housing crisis, City Council committed to providing home builders enough opportunities to build 151,000 quality market homes by 2031. The City tracks the progress of residential development in Ottawa and shares that data through an interactive housing approvals dashboard.
From Q1 2023 to Q4 2024, Council provided approvals for more than 52,000 new homes, putting applicants in a position to build roughly one third of the homes required to meet that 2031 goal. If Council approves the land-use permissions recommended today by the Planning and Housing Committee, applicants will be in a position to build another 1,432 new dwellings. Since the start of 2025, it is estimated this Committee has enabled the development of about 11,500 new dwellings.
City Council will consider the recommendations from today’s meetings on Wednesday, October 8.
Want a lighter way to stay informed? Sign up for the City News weekly round-up newsletter for brief summaries and links to all the updates you may have missed.
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