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Endless meetings, phoney consultations with “the community”, interpreting the meaning of “tall” or “compatible” – that is the life of an affordable housing promoter! CCOC has a Mission (did you know?) to create, maintain and promote housing for low and modest income folks. The first two verbs are self evident, but what does the third […]

A few years ago I was meeting with a candidate for Mayor of Ottawa; I was making the case for affordable housing and why we need to create more subsidized units. He asked me; if there is such a desperate need for more units, why are only 60% of CCOC’s apartments subsidized? What would your […]

I got a call recently from a member of the Seniors Committee of the Centretown Citizens Community Association asking if CCOC would consider building some seniors housing. The population of Centretown is aging. Folk heading into their retirement years are looking for suitable, affordable housing in this community. For the seniors committee, it seems that […]

CCOC has had its eye on the Beaver Barracks property at Catherine, Metcalfe and Argyle for over twenty years. When we won the City’s request for proposals in July 2007, we were thrilled. And then we all got to work! For the past five years, everyone at CCOC – volunteers, tenants and staff – has […]

CCOC built our first building at 50 James Street in 1979. This five storey building with twenty-two apartments has nine planter boxes where tenants grow vegetables, herbs and flowers. In the late 70’s and 80’s, under the National Housing Act funding, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) would fund green roofs and planter box gardens […]