A primer on affordable housing and homelessness

Land (cont’d)

• Sometimes the City of Ottawa (or another level of government) donates the land.
• Other times, a level of government will offer CCOC a long-term lease for one dollar (or for $30,000 or $40,000 a year).

• Nick Falvo: United Church Women (Feb. 17, 2014)

Land (cont’d)

• Government funding cycles make it challenging for non-profit housing providers to ‘jump on’ good land opportunities.
• City of Ottawa might issue an RFP in July and then announce results in November.
• But there might be a great deal on land in June; and owner of the land will not wait. Seller wants to close in three months.

• Nick Falvo: United Church Women (Feb. 17, 2014)

• New Social Housing in
• Ottawa

• Nick Falvo: United Church Women (Feb. 17, 2014)

Examples of AHI Projects in Ottawa

Provider	Address	# of Units	Year Completed
Ottawa Salus	930-934 Gladstone	19	2002
Ottawa Community Housing	380 Somerset W (Hartman’s)	60	2005
Multifaith Housing Initiative	138 Somerset	10	2007
CCOC	424 Metcalfe (Beaver Barracks – Phase I)	160	2010
Shepherds of Good Hope	1053-1057 Merivale (“The Oaks”)	55	2011

• Nick Falvo: United Church Women (Feb. 17, 2014)