housing

A shot from the city’s cartoon video explaining the R4 zoning review. (City of Ottawa) What’s R4 zoning and how will the City of Ottawa’s review of it help people find more affordable homes? That’s the question this cartoon video the city’s planning department has put out seeks to answer. ...

_ (press release) _ Construction began this week on Ottawa’s first animal housing area in a women’s shelter. ** Interval House of Ottawa (IHO) ** , the city’s oldest shelter for women and children fleeing intimate partner violence, is renovating so they can accept pets, keeping families together and reducing abuse victims’ trauma. ...

If you’re looking for a place in Ottawa, now’s the best time to start looking. Peak moving season starts in the spring… and with low vacancy rates in our area, it’s never too early to get started. Here are some handy tips and references for finding your Ottawa apartment. ...

(This blog post originally appeared on Point2Homes , a real estate listing site.) Although many highrises have been built in Ottawa since the ‘70s, the city’s skyline has seen significant change especially in the past decade. Various condo developments, construction projects and newly-built towers have altered the cityscape in many ways. ...

A proposed set of zoning changes to guide the scale of new low-rise housing development in the neighbourhoods inside the Greenbelt is now available for comment. Comments received before February 27, 2015 will be considered in the final recommendations by City staff to Planning Committee and City Council this spring. ...

_ Gord McCormick is the broker of record with Oasis Realty Brokerage and a senior member of the Ottawa Real Estate Board. Gord will be contributing a series of guest posts analyzing Ottawa’s real estate market. _ Is it “déjà vu, all over again” in Ottawa Real Estate? ...