Recommendation: That, the following
actions be taken with respect to the 2nd Report of the London Housing
Advisory Committee, from its meeting held on January 16, 2013:
a)
Clause
1 of the Report BE REFERRED to the 2013 Budget.
Clause 1, as
referred reads as follows:
"1.
Municipal Council BE REQUESTED to reaffirm its commitment to the London Housing
Strategy and maintain an annual $2 million contribution to the Affordable
Housing Reserve for the following reasons:
a) London’s Community
Housing Strategy was approved by Council in 2010 and the objective 5.3 of the
strategy is to “maintain the annual $2 million City investment in affordable
housing”;
b) every $1 of
municipal investment has historically leveraged $7 of investment from other
orders of government and the private sector;
c) best practice in
affordable housing is a ‘toolbox’ approach that includes both less expensive
temporary units and more expensive permanent units;
d) the existing draws
on the Affordable Housing Reserve Fund are already earmarked and
Council-approved in the current Program Delivery Fiscal Plan; and,
e) of the City goal of
1,000 new affordable housing units by 2015 our current Program Delivery and
Fiscal Plan is for 614 new units;
it being noted that
the London Housing Advisory Committee (LHAC) received the following, with
respect to this matter:
· a communication
from A. Oudshoorn, LHAC, with respect to an affordable housing motion;
· a communication
from A. Oudshoorn, LHAC, with respect to the 2013 Budget - Service Changes;
and,
· a communication
from G. McGeorge, LHAC, with respect to the affordable housing crisis in
London, Ontario";
it being noted that the Municipal Council
has previously given direction to investigate the development of a Housing
Development Corporation; it being further noted that the Community and
Protective Services Committee (CPSC) noted that the amended Council goal was
for 1,200 new affordable housing units by 2015;
b) the
Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to host a ReThink workshop focusing
on housing issues, and to invite the London Housing Advisory Committee to
that workshop; it being noted that the LHAC will also form a subcommittee to
prepare a workplan for their established priorities of:
i) creating a
housing mix within larger scale redevelopments;
ii) mix throughout
the City; and
c) clauses 3 to 6 BE RECEIVED;
it being noted that the CPSC received a
verbal presentation from B. Sexsmith, Chair LHAC, with respect to this
matter.
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