Services, councillors like proposal to open more neighbourhoods to shelters

The Ottawa Mission says shelter services should be located closer to where people need them and zoning has been a barrier. That could soon change.Ottawa Mission CEO Peter Tilley dreams that under a new bylaw, there could one day be an Ottawa Mission West or an Ottawa Mission East with 15 to 40 beds. Peter Tilley thinks the Ottawa Mission's emergency shelter services should be closer to people who need them.

There are currently five different types of residential zones, but shelters are only allowed in the densest one, as well as mixed-use and institutional zones. "It could be smaller, reduced shelter size," he said. "It doesn't have to be the size of a large downtown shelter with all the services we provide, but … we would be within that community where we're trying to place people out of the shelter system and into housing."City says shelters must still fit with community

Ruddy said the new zoning bylaw will regulate the form of buildings, including emergency shelters, to make sure they fit into the neighbourhood context. All three existing men's shelters are located within a few blocks of each other in and around the ByWard Market, while another temporary shelter is located in the same ward, represented by Rideau-Vanier Coun. Stéphanie Plante."If this becomes everyone's problem, then everybody will be engaged with solutions," she said.Plante said the priority should be building housing across the city to reduce the need for emergency shelters in the first place.

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