Climate and Affordable Housing can be Tackled Together
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Retrofit Initiative Brings Renters into the Conversation
OCAF is supporting Ottawa ACORN to meaningfully bring Ottawa low- and moderate-income renters into the climate and retrofit conversation. This initiative will educate and empower tenants to take climate action, and engage their landlords on identification of building retrofit opportunities to improve living comfort and energy savings. Retrofitting apartment buildings isn’t just good for the […]
OCAF Celebrates the Launch of the Ottawa Community Housing Electric Vehicle Car Sharing Program
Ottawa is on the road to making electric vehicles available to communities that need them most with the launch of an electric vehicle (EV) carsharing program accessible to five Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCH) communities in the urban core located between Little Italy and Chinatown and puts electric cars within easy reach to about 500 […]
Ottawa Climate Equity Initiative Leaves Lasting Legacy of Trust
No community can build lasting, effective climate solutions if the people most affected by the climate crisis are off to one side of the conversation, or left out completely. That’s why the Ottawa Climate Equity Initiative, a year-long project funded by the Government of Canada and led by OCAF (an initiative of the Ottawa Community […]