The City of Ottawa will spend nearly 50 per cent more on building new affordable housing next year, but the budget increase won’t necessarily result in more units hitting the market. First, the federal and provincial governments need to sign on. It’s been two and a half years since staff first released the long-range financial plan for housing, which included a $15 million municipal contribution and a plan to work with other level governments to build at least 500 affordable units a year. It didn’t take long for that plan to prove unattainable. Ottawa did not meet its annual target in 2021 or 2022, because it couldn’t lock in the outside funding it needed. It raised spending by $1 milli
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