Updates (Housing)
Dear Minister Cho, On behalf of our Board and members, we urge the government to renew funding for Ontario Renovates and make the Seniors’ Home Safety Tax Credit permanent beyond the 2022 tax season. ...
Valerie Wright is a retired teacher/principal from the Ottawa Catholic School Board. She is a member of the Council on Aging’s Age Friendly Housing Committee, in which she has played a key role in the...
Mary Appleton has had a variety of careers starting in national amateur sport organizations, to marketing for an Ottawa home health agency, to managing a coalition of national organizations promoting vaccination,...
Jenny Brooks was a Critical Care and Emergency Nurse for many years, before becoming a full-time professor at Algonquin College teaching these same specialties. She returned to university in 2000...
What is a NORC? A NORC is the short form for a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community. A NORC is simply a geographic designation for an area such as a rental/condo building or neighbourhood block, that...
In case you missed it, or want to review what you heard at COA’s Town Hall on Age-Friendly Housing held on September 28, here are links to the PowerPoint and a video recording of the event. The 90-minute...
The City of Ottawa Has a Housing Problem In January 2020, the City of Ottawa declared a housing crisis and homelessness emergency. Ottawa’s over 65 population is expected to reach 25% by 2035. Current...
June 2 will be the day Ontarians go to the polls in the next provincial election. Today, the COA is calling on candidates running in this election to take action on three priority issues during this campaign...
NORC is the short form for a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community. A NORC is a geographic designation for an area such as a rental/condo building or neighbourhood block, that just so happens to house...
Building on the diverse experience, expertise, and perspective of our network, the COA provided the attached comments on Bill 37, An Act to enact Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More...
