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Support the Starts With Home campaign to end Ottawa’s housing crisis

2022-11-04T14:41:30-04:00

Ottawa’s housing crisis is alive and kicking. Despite the past success of our It’s Time For Action campaign, the government needs to do more to meet the needs of our communities. Minimum wage earners in our city need to spend almost 70% of their income on rent. And there are over 12,500 people on the waitlist for subsidized housing. This crisis is a failure of society, not individuals. No person is to blame for being homeless and everyone has a right to housing. We invite you to help us endorse Starts With Home – a non-partisan campaign to mobilize public and [...]

It’s Time for Action beats its $12 million goal for affordable housing

Annelies2022-11-03T16:24:48-04:00

It’s Time for Action was a highly successful campaign run by CAWI through our Making Voices Count program. The campaign aimed to make affordable housing a priority in Ottawa’s 2019 city budget. We asked the government to: Invest $12 million over and above federal and provincial grants to create new deeply affordable housing. Pass a citywide zoning by-law that ensured 25% of new development is dedicated to affordable housing, with an emphasis on housing within 1 km of rapid transit stations. Ensure that all available government-owned land within 1 km of current and future rapid transit stations is used for non-profit [...]