Item No. 7.3

Council Report: C 137/2020

Subject: Response to CQ10-2019 Regarding Housing Development and Regulation in Near-Campus Neighbourhoods - City Wide

Reference:

Date to Council: August 24, 2020
Author: Jude Malott, Executive Initiatives Coordinator
519-255-6100 ext.6804
jmalott@citywindsor.ca
Legal Services, Real Estate & Risk Management
Report Date: 7/1/2020
Clerk’s File #: GH/6905

To : Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

That City Council RECEIVE this response to CQ10-2019 for information.

Executive Summary:

Concerns around affordable housing, residential rental licensing and near-campus neighbourhoods surrounding the University of Windsor and St. Clair College have been and continue to be the subject of considerable reporting by Administration to Council. In response to Council’s Questions, as well as to changes in Provincial Acts and their implementing regulations, Council has directed Administration to implement various programs and strategies. A review of the reporting to date surrounding the questions raised in this Council Question also reveals that some of these issues are persistent and often beyond the regulatory jurisdiction of the City to address.

Background:

At its meeting of May 6, 2019, Council approved CR243/2019 authorizing a response to the following Council Question from Councillor Costante:

CQ 10-2019:

Asks that administration report back on a comprehensive affordable housing strategy that includes, but is not limited, to the following:

Incentives and partnerships with the University and College on developing more student housing on campus;

What, if any, legislative options City Council has to require the University and College to provide safe and affordable student housing to their increasing student population;