By Taylor Blewett. Photo by Julie Oliver/Postmedia
Ottawa Community Housing has been granted a $167.9-million mortgage from the federal government to build 698 new housing units across three sites on Gladstone Avenue, rentals it plans to make available to a spectrum of tenants with low to moderate incomes.
“This is the future of affordable housing in Ottawa,” Mathieu Fleury, OCH
By Sarah Kester. Photo by Jean Delisle, CBC
The City of Ottawa is embarking on a housing blitz with the aim of finding at least 100 available units for tenants who are currently homeless, a goal it's hoping to achieve by the end of September.
The city, in partnership with the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa and the Eastern Ontario Landlord Organization, is asking property owners with
By Kate Porter
A 15-block stretch of Bank Street in downtown Ottawa will close to vehicles every Saturday for at least the next month, becoming the latest area to try to recover customers during the COVID-19 pandemic by making more space for pedestrians and cyclists.
Starting this weekend, Bank from Queen to Flora streets will close to
By Bruce Deachman
The city announced the opening of two additional emergency cooling centres on Wednesday, adding to the three it opened a day earlier.
The Jules Morin Park Fieldhouse, at 400 Clarence St. E., joins the Bernard
La Ville d’Ottawa a ouvert quelques centres de rafraîchissement climatisés au public, alors qu’une nouvelle canicule balaie la région
By Ted Raymond
OTTAWA -- Somerset Ward Councillor Catherine McKenney says the bars and restaurants of Somerset Village will be taking over the street on weekends.
In a tweet, McKenney said a stretch of Somerset Street West between Bank Street and O'Connor Street would be closed to vehicles on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays to provide more patio space.
The street will be closed from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays, and from 12 noon
By Natalia Goodwin
Ottawa cycling advocates say the city should have known that a redesigned stretch of Elgin Street where a cyclist was seriously injured Friday night needed better protection.
Just before 8 p.m., a 20-year-old woman was
The Ottawa city councillor who demanded answers about alterations to the Jock River flood plain says the responses have only raised further questions, which are
By Nicole Beier; Illustration by Marcia Diaz
Just this past year, Canadian news was constantly covering stories of vacation rentals, made possible by platforms such as Airbnb, taking the housing supply hostage. When Airbnb first launched its platform in 2008, allowing anyone to rent out their home to tourists, they unleashed a swarm of people who were desperate to “live like a local” while travelling. Many
By Joanne Chianello
The Ottawa city councillor who demanded answers about alterations to the Jock River flood plain says the responses have only raised further questions — including what might happen if the changes cause water levels to rise, as an
By Craig Lord; Photo by Beatrice Britneff
As many hotels across the nation’s capital sit empty, some are seeing an opportunity to both protect the city’s vulnerable populations during the coronavirus pandemic and address long-term homelessness concerns in Ottawa.
Advocates working to promote affordable housing in Ottawa are teaming up with
The COVID-19 pandemic is making a bad situation worse for many of Ottawa's homeless residents, since most of the public facilities with bathrooms and showers have closed their doors.
Randy lives in a tent with his three dogs and hasn't had access to services for several weeks.
"My appearance … I'm sorry for not being on camera, but I look like shit," he