The City of Ottawa's auditor general says the city has not been hitting its affordable housing targets in recent years but it has the tools to do it.
A construction worker uses an articulating boom lift to move a piece of construction equipment at the site of an affordable housing project in the Thornecliffe Park region of Ottawa, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. The City of Ottawa's auditor general says the city has not been hitting its affordable housing targets in recent years but it has the tools to do it.
"Though the number of new units created is below the targets, progress has been made including the development of a pipeline of projects to be built in the short and medium term. However, without increases in capacity and funding from all levels of government, these targets may not be realistic given the current trends in the housing sector," Gougeon writes.
"Without a consistent definition of affordability, the reliability and consistency of monitoring and reporting is reduced, which can negatively affecte decision-making. Inconsistent definitions can also create confusion for stakeholders," Gougeon says.Gougeon's audit found that the city has a narrow definition of which land sales qualify for transfers to the affordable housing reserves.
"Despite affordable housing being one of Council’s top priorities, there is currently no cross-functional oversight body that governs affordable housing developments from the identification of strategic lands to development application stage, through to construction completion and operation, that has the authority to prioritize and expedite projects," the audit says.
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