Tag: Susan Stevenson
Neighbours feel fallout as downtown-area homeless camp cleared: City hall
A prominent building providing services for the homeless, located between London’s downtown and Old East Village, has had an encampment on its lawn cleared, but that’s pushed people deeper into the surrounding neighbourhood, a city hall memo says. Ward 4 Coun. Susan Stevenson made an official inquiry at the Sept. 23 city council meeting to […]
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 […]