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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tues. Feb. 26<sup>th</sup> 9:30 at the Planning Ctte in the Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West,</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> there will be a recommendation on <b>priorities for Ottawa of the Ontario Renovates Program</b> presented for approval. See attached report submitted by Steve Kanellakos, Deputy City Manager. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You may </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>register to speak in advance by contacting Christopher Zwierzchowski, Committee Coordinator at 613-580-2424, ext. 21359,Christopher.Zwierzchowski@ottawa.ca or add your name to a speakers list just before the meeting at 9:30.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Here are the three components proposed; each has a focus is on seniors and persons with disabilities. <i>Please note the rental market guidelines.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1) Grants and forgivable loans, as described in the IAH Ontario Renovates Component Guidelines, up to $3,500 and $15,000, respectively, for households where a member of the household lives with a disability and requires repairs, adaptations or home modifications essential to safety and the ability of the person with the disability to continue to live independently.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2) Forgivable loans, as described in the IAH Ontario Renovates Component Guidelines, up to $15,000 for low income senior households who own their own home and require repairs, adaptations or home modifications essential to their safety and their ability to continue live independently.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3) Forgivable loans, as described in the IAH Ontario Renovates Component Guidelines, up to $15,000 for accessibility modifications, to qualifying <b>rental accommodations</b> (including apartment buildings and rooming houses), to modify a building or unit to better accommodate seniors or persons with disabilities. <b>Qualifying rental accommodations are rental buildings with low to moderate income tenants paying a maximum monthly rent that does not exceed the City’s Average Monthly Rent as determined by CMHC in the fall annual market rental survey. For example, the rent for a <u><span style='color:red'>one bedroom apartment under the program must be $899 per month or less</span></u><span style='color:red'>, </span>for up to 15 years (subject to increases in the CMHC market rental survey)</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>LYNNE BROWNE<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>171 George Street, </span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ottawa ON K1N 5W5<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>613-241-1573, ext. 314<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="mailto:lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#17365D'>www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.facebook.com/home.php?%23!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall%26ref=ts" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall&ref=ts"><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Facebook</span></a><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'> & </span><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT" target="_blank" title="https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT"><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Twitter@endhomelessOTT</span></a><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>