Council voted 15 to 8 to maintain the city of Ottawa's current vacant unit tax. Coun. Laura Dudas had introduced a motion recommending scrapping the tax on empty units.
The owners of vacant homes in the city of Ottawa will continue to face a new tax, after council voted to maintain the vacant unit tax.
The previous council approved the vacant unit tax in March 2022, a move designed to address homes sitting empty and neglected. "We have heard from residents who were never intended to pay this tax, but because of their specific situation have been caught up in this net and have to. "I have a huge issue in us telling people how to use their homes. I just think it is wrong to do that, but yet I take criticism because it looks like I'm not wanting to help solve this crisis that we have, and nothing could be further from the truth."
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