Recommendation: That the following actions
be taken with respect to the 1st Report of the Council Housing Leadership
Committee (CHLC), from its meeting held on February 14, 2012:
a) 2011 Habitat for Humanity London
Inc. Allocation:
i)
Habitat for Humanity London Inc. BE ALLOCATED a grant for
their 2011 builds, under the City of London Housing Partnership Policy, as
follows:
A. $24,000 for the housing unit at 1189 Huron Street; and,
B. $1,117 for the housing unit at 578 Highbury Avenue, for a total
municipal allocation of $25,117; and,
ii)
the Sources of Financing Report, as included in the staff report
dated February 14, 2012 related to this matter, BE
APPROVED;
it
being noted that the CHLC reviewed and received the attached
report, dated February 14, 2012, from the Director of Municipal Housing, with
respect to this matter; it
being further noted that the CHLC asked that J. Duncan, Chief Executive
Officer, Habitat for Humanity, be invited to a future meeting of the CHLC to
provide an update on the Habitat for Humanity London Strategic Objectives
Plan;
b) Convert-to-Rent/Rehabilitation Program:
i) Vernon Martin
and Adam Woodhouse BE APPROVED to receive a municipal allocation of
$22,667, per unit, for seven (7) affordable housing units at 392 Richmond
Street;
ii) the Sources
of Financing Report, as included in the staff report dated February 14, 2012
related to this matter, BE APPROVED; and,
iii) in accordance
with Municipal Housing Facilities By-Law No A.-5814-11, the attached proposed
by-law, BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on
March 20, 2012 to approve the Municipal Contribution Agreement pertaining to
the above-noted proposal, substantially in the form of an agreement appended
to the aforementioned by-law and to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor,
and to authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute the said Agreement;
it being noted that the CHLC reviewed and
received the attached report dated February 14, 2012 from the
Director of Municipal Housing, with respect to this matter;
c) Private Member’s Bill:
i) the
Mayor BE REQUESTED to send a letter to Marie-Claude Morin, Députée MP
Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot, acknowledging the City’s receipt of the correspondence;
ii) the City
of London’s support of this Bill BE EXPRESSED to the Federation of
Canadian Municipalities, through its membership;
d) clauses
4 to 6 of the 1st Report BE RECEIVED for information; and
e) the
Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to prepare a report for the
Investment and Economic Prosperity Committee with respect to a rationale to
add a “5th Plank” to the economic development strategy, that being “Housing”.
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