Housing Supply Strategy

The City of Greater Sudbury is developing a Housing Supply Strategy.

The Housing Supply Strategy aims to ensure that all current and future residents have access to the housing options that meet their needs at all stages of life, and that are attainable at all income levels. A Housing Supply Strategy that encourages thoughtful, targeted and sustainable residential development is one piece of a broader strategy to grow the City’s population and local economy.

On February 7, 2023, Council passed a resolution directing staff to develop a Housing Supply Strategy.

The strategy actions will include the following:

• Update on current initiatives
• Identification of key stakeholders and inputs involved in creating new housing, and evaluation of City’s role in addressing any gaps
• A review of best urban planning practices, including the required infrastructure to support sustainable growth
• Clear definition of “affordable housing” in the Greater Sudbury context
• Recommendations on how Greater Sudbury can help the province achieve its growth targets, considering elements such as infrastructure, mixed-use communities, protecting affordable rental, ensuring the right mix of housing stock, incorporating Community Energy and Emission Plan goals, demonstrating diversity equity and inclusion principles, ensuring guidelines and standards align with priority of creating housing, reviewing parking standards, student housing, financing strategies and, a governance model to implement the strategy
• Recommendations for streamlining of permitting, building services, engineering services and planning services through increased use of pre-consultation (SPART) and e-permitting system
• A framework that defines expectations for housing starts and their key requirements
• Performance reporting that, not less than quarterly, enables Council to assess progress using key metrics

A first round of consultation will assist in informing the development of the draft Housing Supply Strategy which will be presented to Council in December 2023.

Comments can be submitted until July 15, 2023