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Update: July 2022 | The City’s Housing Directions Study Phase 2: Housing Strategy was presented to City Council on March 22, 2022 (PBD-2022-18). Council received and endorsed the Strategy and directed Staff to begin implementation through an Official Plan Amendment including consultation with the community. The Housing Strategy is set out in 21 theme-based actions that includes new policy directions, programs and tools that will work together in the short, medium, and long term to help achieve the City’s 40% affordability target for all new built housing.
The draft amendment to the Official Plan aims to:
Update policies to provide opportunities for the achievement of affordable housing targets, promote a greater diversity of housing types, ensure a healthy supply of rental units and provide a framework of tools to implement these policies.
Creation and monitoring of second units.
Clearly define the City’s role and responsibility in supporting housing affordability.
Introduce a policy to review all surplus municipal lands for housing suitability.
The City of Niagara Falls is working to comprehensively address how to provide a range of affordable housing throughout the City through the development of a Housing Directions Strategy. Overall, this project will identify the current housing situation, analyze future demographic trends, estimate future housing needs, identify housing gaps and provide recommendations to address these gaps. This work is being undertaken and led by Dillon Consulting Limited and Tim Welch Consulting.
Through quantitative and qualitative analysis of data, and public and stakeholder input, the Housing Directions Strategy will provide the City with a complete picture of the housing needs of the community and will assist the City in making strategic decisions respecting housing moving forward.
Update: July 2022 | The City’s Housing Directions Study Phase 2: Housing Strategy was presented to City Council on March 22, 2022 (PBD-2022-18). Council received and endorsed the Strategy and directed Staff to begin implementation through an Official Plan Amendment including consultation with the community. The Housing Strategy is set out in 21 theme-based actions that includes new policy directions, programs and tools that will work together in the short, medium, and long term to help achieve the City’s 40% affordability target for all new built housing.
The draft amendment to the Official Plan aims to:
Update policies to provide opportunities for the achievement of affordable housing targets, promote a greater diversity of housing types, ensure a healthy supply of rental units and provide a framework of tools to implement these policies.
Creation and monitoring of second units.
Clearly define the City’s role and responsibility in supporting housing affordability.
Introduce a policy to review all surplus municipal lands for housing suitability.
The City of Niagara Falls is working to comprehensively address how to provide a range of affordable housing throughout the City through the development of a Housing Directions Strategy. Overall, this project will identify the current housing situation, analyze future demographic trends, estimate future housing needs, identify housing gaps and provide recommendations to address these gaps. This work is being undertaken and led by Dillon Consulting Limited and Tim Welch Consulting.
Through quantitative and qualitative analysis of data, and public and stakeholder input, the Housing Directions Strategy will provide the City with a complete picture of the housing needs of the community and will assist the City in making strategic decisions respecting housing moving forward.
Anyone interested in participating/ providing input can fill in the form below with an email address to receive notice on any upcoming meeting(s). Your contact information will be kept strictly confidential.
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Page last updated: 14 Oct 2022, 04:23 PM
Project Timeline
Phase 1: Background Data Collection and Reporting
Housing Directions Strategy has finished this stage
Background Review
Initial Findings Report
Stakeholder Interviews
Public Survey
Housing Needs and Support Report
Phase 2: Recommendations and Incentive Programs
Housing Directions Strategy has finished this stage
Strategy Development
Recommend Official Plan Policies
Draft Recommendation Report
Final Recommendation Report
Council Presentation
Official Plan Amendment
Housing Directions Strategy is currently at this stage
Council received and endorsed the Strategy and directed Staff to begin implementation through an Official Plan Amendment including consultation with the community.