Ottawa homebuilders are calling on the city to allow fourplexes, up to four-storeys high on properties and ease zoning rules around major transit stations, as part of a review of the zoning bylaw for housing.
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. Ottawa homebuilders are calling on the city to allow fourplexes, up to four-storeys high on properties and ease zoning rules around major transit stations, as part of a review of the Zoning Bylaw for housing.
The Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association said its proposals are "critical reforms" to address the demand for housing by "offering actionable insights and suggestions." "The Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association recognizes that the current review of the City of Ottawa’s zoning bylaws presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reform existing rules and restrictions to increase the city’s housing supply and improve affordability for residents, both now and in the future," the report says.
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Ontario is facing a larger than anticipated deficit but the Doug Ford government still plans to balance its books before the next provincial election. Officials in Quebec say there are measures in place to prevent tragedies like the one in Baltimore on Tuesday after a cargo ship flattened the Francis Scott Key Bridge.A building in downtown North Bay is destroyed after a fire broke out overnight and 2,000 patients from a nurse practitioner-led clinic have been displaced as a result.Ontario is facing a larger than anticipated deficit but the Doug Ford government still plans to balance its books before the next provincial election.
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