{"id":3472,"date":"2025-10-07T20:22:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ottclimatefund.ca\/news-post\/can-ottawa-become-canadas-most-housing-friendly-city\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:22:33","slug":"can-ottawa-become-canadas-most-housing-friendly-city","status":"publish","type":"news-post","link":"https:\/\/ottclimatefund.ca\/fr\/nouvelles\/can-ottawa-become-canadas-most-housing-friendly-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Ottawa Become Canada\u2019s Most Housing-Friendly City?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3472\" class=\"elementor elementor-3472 elementor-2711\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news-post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-309103bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"309103bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-260bb47b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"260bb47b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The City of Ottawa has tabled a plan to speed up housing, with Mayor Sutcliffe calling it a step toward making the city the most \u201chousing-friendly\u201d in Canada. The Ottawa Climate Action Fund\u202f(OCAF) welcomes this ambition and supports measures that focus on affordable housing and enabling \u201cgentle density\u201d. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read OCAF\u2019s Submission <a href=\"https:\/\/ottclimatefund.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OCAF-Submission-HAP-City-of-Ottawa-Sept-2025.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A housing-friendly city means more than just a supply target. It means a mix of affordable options in walkable, livable communities. We are encouraged that Ottawa aims to focus growth within existing urban and suburban neighbourhoods. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">With<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">more family-friendly choices close to schools, amenities and transit, the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">city will see <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">less pressure <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">to push development outward into urban sprawl.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">OCAF\u2019s research <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">shows <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">that those family-friendly <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">options <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">can <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">cut<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> carbon footprints<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> by up to half<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, mainly by<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">reducing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">distances we <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">have to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">travel by car.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65c8b8c elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"65c8b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ottclimatefund.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OCAF-Submission-HAP-City-of-Ottawa-Sept-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read OCAF's Submission<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCAF submission to the City of Ottawa\u2019s Housing Plan <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1877,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"featured-post-item":[27],"news-category":[46,49],"class_list":["post-3472","news-post","type-news-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","featured-post-item-second-featured-post","news-category-economie","news-category-quartiers-a-15-minutes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can Ottawa Become Canada\u2019s Most Housing-Friendly City? 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