Housing
Housing
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Sep 3, 2026
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7 min read
How Ottawa’s top mayoral candidates plan to address Ottawa’s housing crisis
With Ottawa’s municipal election officially underway, candidates for city council are launching their campaigns and revealing their platforms, promising change, advocacy and partnership for the nation’s capital.
Housing
+5
Aug 4, 2026
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8 min read
‘It keeps people up at night’: Echo Drive development threatens homes, trees and canal-side character
A proposal has ignited opposition among tenants and nearby homeowners who say the project would displace long-term renters, remove mature trees, strain aging infrastructure and introduce a building whose height and massing are explicitly restricted by current planning rules.
Housing
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Jul 9, 2026
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11 min read
City Hall Insider: deterring renovictions
Every year, it’s estimated that more than 500 Ottawa residents have been evicted from their homes in bad faith, told by landlords that their homes required repairs or renovations, and were barred from returning.
Housing
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Jul 9, 2026
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8 min read
Renoviction bylaw one step closer after committee approval
Every year, it’s estimated that more than 500 Ottawa residents have been evicted from their homes in bad faith, told by landlords that their homes required repairs or renovations, and were barred from returning.
Downtown
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Jun 23, 2026
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6 min read
Shepherds of Good Hope to convert to supportive housing as Ottawa moves away from the shelter model
Shepherds of Good Hope says it wants to reimagine its emergency shelter into a health-focused and supportive housing facility aimed at providing long-term stability.
Downtown
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Jun 16, 2026
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4 min read
City Hall Insider: Surplus property housing
With more than 10,000 Ottawa households waiting for social housing and nearly 3,000 individuals estimated to be experiencing homelessness, the city is dipping into its own coffers to supply city-owned properties as sites for future affordable housing.
Housing
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Jun 14, 2026
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3 min read
Nine-storey building could bring up to 90 mixed-income homes to Bank Street
A city-owned parking lot at one of the busiest gateways into the Glebe could soon be transformed into affordable housing, bringing up to 90 new homes to one of Ottawa’s least affordable neighbourhoods.
Housing
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May 14, 2026
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2 min read
Council takes steps to support rural homeowners in home upgrades and retrofits
In one of the latest efforts to increase advocacy and equal investment opportunity in rural Ottawa, city council is working to assess whether the Better Homes Ottawa program can be adjusted to support rural infrastructure and rural housing needs.
Housing
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Mar 21, 2026
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7 min read
City Hall Insider: March 5-19
Here's what happened in council chambers
Housing
+3
Mar 12, 2026
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14 min read
How Habitat for Humanity is bringing home ownership within reach for local families
In its largest project to date, Habitat for Humanity Greater Ottawa is building affordable townhomes in Nepean, all of which will be made available for ownership to local families in need. But after only one week, the organization was forced to pause applications due to a surge in demand and interest.
Housing
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Feb 12, 2026
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16 min read
Q&A: Jason Burrggraaf talks housing supply, zoning and red tape — and what we can do to fix it
The Lookout sat down with Jason Burggraaf, director of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association (GOHBA), to learn more about housing supply, zoning, the role the city plays in promoting home building, and whether the city’s most recent promises will make an impact.
Housing
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Jan 20, 2026
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8 min read
‘We can do it’: the ongoing fight to end youth homelessness in Ottawa
Within the statistics about unsheltered individuals in Ottawa and data from emergency shelters lies a smaller but underrepresented community of homeless youth, some under the age of 18, who live on streets, friends’ couches, or in the few shelters dedicated to their age group.
Gatineau
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Jan 12, 2026
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12 min read
Q&A: Affordability, supply and availability in Ottawa’s rental market
The Ottawa Lookout spoke with Francis Cortellino, a senior economist at CMHC, to learn more about the current situation for renters in Ottawa.
Housing
+2
Jan 7, 2026
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7 min read
As renovictions accelerate in Vanier, one land trust tries to hold the line
The Ottawa Community Land Trust works to preserve and increase affordable housing in the city in three ways.
Housing
+3
Dec 10, 2025
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7 min read
Provincial and federal governments plan more affordable housing in Centretown and Nepean
During the Mayor’s Breakfast held at the Rogers Centre on Monday, Prime Minister Mark Carney gave more details on how his build Canada Homes Fund will help build more affordable accommodations in Ottawa.
Federal
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Oct 10, 2025
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2 min read
Heron Road site selected for new factory-built housing project. Will it help end homelessness in the city?
A new housing community is slated to be built on Heron Road next year. It could include thousands of new affordable units.
Housing
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Sep 25, 2025
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6 min read
Sutcliffe announces plan to build more houses
The plan includes a five year waiver on community amenity charges, which one councillors is speaking out against
