{"id":601126,"date":"2026-04-13T12:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601126\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:13:08","slug":"city-of-ottawa-to-waive-250m-in-development-charges-fees-and-taxes-for-housing-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601126\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Ottawa to waive $250m in development charges, fees and taxes for housing deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe agreement before us today is historic. It is a game changer. We will build 3,000 new homes in Ottawa. These will be truly mixed-income communities, with the emphasis being on providing affordable and supportive housing. Well over half of these units will be lower, or significantly lower than what the market can typically provide,\u201d Sutcliffe said.<\/p>\n<p>The deal builds on a $400-million partnership between the city and the federal government, announced by prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/ca\/people\/mark-carney\/291741\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carney<\/a> in December, to build up to 3,000 affordable homes in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>The plan<\/p>\n<p>Build Canada Homes is a federal agency launched in September, with the mandate to scale the supply of affordable housing by leveraging public land, flexible financial tools, and modern construction methods. In February, the federal government introduced the Build Canada Homes Act, legislation that would establish the agency as a Crown corporation dedicated to building affordable housing in communities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement calls for 2,000 mixed-income and affordable units on surplus federal lands, along with 1,000 additional non-market units in the city\u2019s existing housing portfolio through Build Canada Homes financing. Of the 2,000 units, 1,200 to 1,400 would be classified as market units, while 600 to 800 would be designated as affordable housing. Build Canada Homes has identified 1495 Heron Rd. and Phase 7 of Wateridge Village as initial development sites.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s $200 million to $250 million contribution comes largely through forgone revenue. Property taxes on the affordable units will be waived over 75 years, representing a projected loss of $135 million to $180 million. A further $65 million stems from exemptions on development and community benefit charges, as well as waivers on building permit and planning fees. Sutcliffe maintained the city is \u201cnot putting any cash\u201d into the agreement and is \u201csimply foregoing future revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe agreement before us today is historic. It is a game changer. We will build 3,000 new homes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,227583,20739,3322],"class_list":["post-601126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-homebuilding","tag-ottawa","tag-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}