Tag: Susan Stevenson
Council orders review of program housing homeless Londoners
Coun. Susan Stevenson said she has been contacted by several landlords flagging concerns including drug use, disabled smoke alarms and vandalism.
City council backs homebuyer loan program over affordable housing push
City council is going to bat for would-be homeowners, applauding a forgivable loan program for down payments and swiftly defeating a push to steer funding toward affordable housing. Politicians threw their support behind the revival of a Queen’s Park and Ottawa-funded, city-stewarded program that would provide some London renters a 20-year forgivable loan up to […]
City councillor questions $3.1M housing loan program amid shelter needs
Should money potentially earmarked for Londoners to get a loan for a down payment on a home instead be directed to shelters or affordable housing?
Goodbye parking lots, hello housing? City politicians await builders’ pitches
Developers will be able to pitch their ideas for housing on a city-owned parking lot in Old East Village this summer after politicians were urged to slow the process down and do more consultation. Initiated by Mayor Josh Morgan through a strong mayor order last year, city hall staff had begun looking at the potential […]
Letters to the Editor: June 14, 2025
A Free Press reader thinks too many London councillors seem “all too eager to silence anyone who asks questions pertaining to transparency and accountability.”