'We have to be very careful that we don't push lower-income individuals and families out of areas where we have rapid transit, so this is an incredibly important piece of real estate,' McKenney said. Councillor, coalition want moreĬatherine McKenney, the councillor for the area and the city's housing liaison, said it's going to get increasingly difficult to find affordable units that are so centrally located. 'I'm sure if Vancouver and Toronto could wind back the clock they'd love to do things a whole lot differently.'ĭuration 0:42 Cliff Youdale, chief development officer of Ottawa Community Housing, says the city has a unique opportunity to ensure affordable housing is built into a downtown community at LeBreton Flats. 'Affordable housing available to the masses in your city core becomes impossible in time as land values increase and you have less land available,' said Cliff Youdale, chief development officer of Ottawa Community Housing. There's a catch, however: the successful bidder must promise to sell at least 100 affordable units to Ottawa Community Housing within seven years.

Now the city is in talks to combine its own property at 615 Albert St. with the NCC's, putting them both out to tender for development at the same time. We have to be very careful that we don't push lower-income individuals and families out of areas where we have rapid transit, so this is an incredibly important piece of real estate.

The National Capital Commission (NCC) was already preparing to sell its own, larger parcel between Pimisi station and the future central library, but is holding off until the market stabilizes, according to Katie Paris, who's managing the NCC's phased redevelopment of LeBreton Flats.

The City of Ottawa is hoping to dispose of a prime parcel of land it owns on LeBreton Flats, but only if it can get at least 100 affordable housing units out of the deal.

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