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Ottawa Inclusionary Housing Presentation
- 1. Inclusionary Housing October 8 2009 Consultation Social Housing & Shelter Management Branch, City of Ottawa
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- The handout is a collection of short documents. It starts with a copy of the PowerPoint. The handout also includes short 2 or 3 page backgrounders on 4 topics covered in the PowerPoint: What IH is Why IH is being considered Suggestions for changes to Provincial laws Potential measures for Ottawa under current laws Much of this material may eventually be included in the Report to Council.
- There is a separate report on the city’s recommendations to the Province. Inclusionary Housing suggestions to the province are one small part of the report for the Provincial Consultation.
- OPTIONAL TO SAY: 2005 Provincial Policy Statement uses a different definition of affordability: Ownership: 30% of income based on an income at or below the 60 %ile OR 10% below average price of resale unit, whichever is lower Rental: 30% of income based on an income at or below the 60 %ile for renter households OR at or below average market rent, whichever is lower
- The Inclusionary Housing Report will not make recommendations about all of these options. It will only explore some of the possibilities. The details would be worked out at a later stage if Council decides they want to develop a local strategy. There would be consultation at that stage to work out the details.
- THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT FEW go into the reasons why Council requested a report on Inclusionary Housing. Affordability should vary by household size to make sense. A $200,000 bachelor condo may meet the simple OP definition but singles or couples are less likely to have the income required and a bachelor is obviously not suitable to a family with children. Market housing varies by the number of bedrooms and in most Inclusionary Housing, the price of the inclusionary housing also varies by the number of bedrooms. This makes sense and makes the affordability more genuine.
- These incomes are examples. All but the carpenter are based on the middle of standard full time pay scale for those positions. Average Salaries for some other workers are: Cashiers: $9,000 Retail salesperson: $20,000 Elementary School and Kindergarten teachers: $47,000. These average salaries are what people reported as actual earnings in the Census, adjusted upward for inflation.
- Inclusionary Housing generally creates housing affordable to moderate income households. Best practice for some Inclusionary Housing to go to non-profits or co-ops who can use government subsidies so the housing is affordable to lower income households. Government subsidies can complement Inclusionary Housing to reach lower income households. Inclusionary Housing cannot solve the housing affordability problem by itself but it can be one of several tools used to solve the problem.
- Many have argued that Inclusionary Housing cannot be done under current laws. And that is true in the sense that it cannot apply to all new housing. But there are limited situations where Inclusionary Housing can be done under existing laws. The legal authority comes from S 37. Toronto has demonstrated it can be done.
- We hired a consultant to conduct a local study to examine the economic feasibility of inclusionary housing in Ottawa.
- There are 3 kinds of limited situations where Ottawa could consider adopting IH type practices.
- Ottawa has lost more rental housing than any other city in Ontario in the last decade. From 1997 to 2007 the Ottawa CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) had a net loss of 3,454 units of purpose built rental housing. This was the largest loss of any city in Ontario and represents 40% of the total loss of rental housing in Ontario cities during that period. Toronto has lost far fewer rental units in the same period according to Where’s Home – published annually by ONPHA and CHF. Toronto lost only a net 536 units or 0.2% of its purpose built rental housing stock while Ottawa lost 5% . Purpose built new rental housing has only constituted 6% of new homes built in Ottawa from 2005-2008, one third of which has been subsidized non-profit and co-operative housing. There are 2 mechanisms Toronto has used to achieve this. The first is through Demolition control – read slide. This is similar to IH, except it’s about preservation rather than adding new units. The old city of Ottawa has a demolition control by-law and it is being reviewed to harmonize what applies to the whole city. Toronto’s success demonstrates what’s poss. The 2 nd step is not about IH – it’s only here to illustrate what is possible.
- One of the handouts goes into a little more detail about the kinds of changes to provincial law that would allow cities to adopt stronger local Inclusionary Housing practices. On the list in the handout, the items marked with (Bill 198) are included in that bill.
- Leadership and Broad support are equally important.
- Future consultations will include one in French Oct 22 and one with the Greater Ottawa Home Builders because of the central role they play.