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5 per cent of each new build would be dedicated to affordable housing. The owner would get a tax break or some other kind of incentive.

During my last term on Lambton County, we approved three affordable housing units (Indigenous Apartment on Confederation St., affordable apartment on London Road and the still under construction units on Kathleen Ave.). While this represents progress, we need to move much quicker from approval to completion. As such, I would expect new projects that reflect

Beyond voting to support geared-to-income and supportive housing projects that come with staff recommendation, the most substantial thing I can do is push for permissive zoning that allows infill and missing middle housing as-of-right, without every project having to clear a discretionary variance process first. There are over 700 suppressed households across Lambton County, adult

One specific action I would take is to educate our community about homelessness and the importance of supportive housing. By helping residents understand why supportive housing is needed, I would work to build greater community support for increasing it in Sarnia.

One specific action I would take is to make small-scale infill housing a priority—particularly smaller homes and Additional Residential Units (ADUs) on existing serviced lots—and use the recently approved removal of development charges for new residential builds to help make those homes more attainable. I would work with staff and builders to remove unnecessary barriers

Eliminate the red tape for anyone wanting to invest here.

I think what I would like to do is to move toward the treatment of affordable housing as “core infrastructure”. This would mean that Sarnia and the County of Lambton would need to pre-plan expansion for both housing and other forms of infrastructure – water, waste water, pipes for different resources like natural gas, etc.

Waiving or reducing steep municipal building fees specifically for rental housing developers is one option. This will help attract building and development to the area and announce that we are open for business.