Canada is already short 1.7 million homes affordable to households earning below the median income, according to a 2023 report by University of British Columbia housing researchers
The federal and provincial housing ministers chose National Housing Day to announce $91.85 million in funding for 272 affordable units in Ottawa. More than half the funds are earmarked for a federal low-cost loan to local developer Taggart to build affordable 122 units in Little Italy.
The NCC’s board of directors gave the green light Thursday to the final master concept plan for LeBreton Flats and revealed the three groups that have been shortlisted to build out the first major parcel of land at the prime development site west of downtown.
The agency’s master plan would see 4,000 housing units and nearly a million square feet of retail and office space built over the next 35 years at LeBreton Flats, along with more than 30 acres of parks.
The blueprint calls for four distinct “districts,” including a mixed-use neighbourhood near Albert Street that would be anchored by the future home of the Ottawa Public Library and could also feature a “potential event centre,” according to a 175-page document outlining the plan.
The NCC’s board of directors gave the green light Thursday to the final master concept plan for LeBreton Flats and revealed the three groups that have been shortlisted to build out the first major parcel of land at the prime development site west of downtown.
The agency’s master plan would see 4,000 housing units and nearly a million square feet of retail and office space built over the next 35 years at LeBreton Flats, along with more than 30 acres of parks.
The blueprint calls for four distinct “districts,” including a mixed-use neighbourhood near Albert Street that would be anchored by the future home of the Ottawa Public Library and could also feature a “potential event centre,” according to a 175-page document outlining the plan.
Posted: Mar 03, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 3
The Greyhound bus terminal in Ottawa photographed on Oct. 1, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brigil finalized the sale of this land on Monday, and the company says it s committed to consulting the community before developing the land.(Jean Delise/Radio-Canada)