Some city councillors are looking to do away with Ottawa’s new vacant unit tax, designed to crack down on livable homes that may be sitting empty for six months or more.
There are more than 330,000 eligible units in Ottawa that owners need to declare for annually. If they don't, they could either face a late fee or have to pay thousands of dollars in taxes.
The tax doesn't apply to someone's principal residence, but homeowners have to go online every year and check the box telling the city their unit is occupied or risk paying a $250 late fee.This latest motion, moved by Orléans West-Innes Coun. Laura Dudas and seconded by Osgoode Coun. George Darouze, will go before council on Wednesday and calls the tax "an unparalleled annual bureaucratic burden.
The councillor said he's worried for his rural residents who have unlivable farmhouses and now have to demonstrate to the city that no one can live in them. The motion from Dudas — who was unable to comment on Tuesday — says the tax disadvantages "seniors, snowbirds, deployed military service personnel, those with disabilities, new Canadians, those with limited access to computers" and others.
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