Directing staff to provide Right to Heal a $150,000 grant for affordable housing planning

Final vote · After General Committee
General Committee voted on this first, on January 26, 2026:Carried10–1See the committee vote →

Every councillor who voted both times voted the same way.

Full Resolution Text

That staff be directed to: 1. Provide a one-time grant of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to Right to Heal, funded from the City/County Housing Reserve, to be used towards the planning of their affordable housing project located at 271 Brock Street; 2. To work with Right to Heal (Redpath) and Peggy Shaughnessy to identify and pursue options for municipal, federal and provincial capital grant funding to support Redpath’s long-term operations and facility for the 2027 Budget process. 3. That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign all agreements and documents necessary to facilitate this funding with terms and conditions approved by the Commissioner of Community Services and in forms agreeable to the City Solicitor.

Meeting Details

City Council Meeting

Council Chambers, City Hall, 500 George Street North