Tag: london city hall
Speed bump slows rollout of free London Transit passes for high schoolers
The rollout of a pilot project that would give London Transit bus passes to Grade 9 and 10 students at one city high school has hit a temporary roadblock, a Thames Valley District school board official says.
London ‘renoviction’ bylaw approved but tenants unhappy: ‘Next to nothing’
London is set to become the second city in Ontario with a bylaw to protect tenants from bad faith “renovictions” â but it falls far short of what a tenants’ group demanded and won’t be in place for half a year. “I absolutely despise that I need to use this line, but the reality is […]
Opposition builds to mayor’s push for more stacked townhouses
Community pushback is building as London city councillors prepare to debate proposed sweeping changes to London’s growth blueprint that would allow higher buildings and denser forms of housing across the city. A bundle of proposed changes to the London Plan, the city’s master planning document that dictates what can be built where in the city, […]
City politicians hit pause on turning Old East parking lots into housing
City politicians hit pause Tuesday on plans to consider three city-owned Old East Village parking lots for housing, but pushed ahead on two others near downtown. Following direction from Mayor Josh Morgan earlier this year, city staff singled out five city parking lots in the core area that showed the greatest potential to be redeveloped […]
London plans to hike hotel tax to keep pace with other cities
Politicians have endorsed hiking London’s hotel tax, even if some hotel and business owners don’t agree with it. Councillors voted 13-1 at a meeting Tuesday of the strategic priorities and policy committee in favour of a motion raising the municipal accommodation tax to five per cent from four. The tax is charged on hotel, motel […]