County Council meetings are being held virtually under Ontario'sreturn to Modified Step Two and broadcast live onlineatwww.oxfordcounty.ca/livestream. Agenda packages and past recordings of Council meetings can be downloaded at www.oxfordcounty.ca/council.

Annual update on 10-Year Shelter Plan

The County’s annual update on the 10-Year Shelter Plan comes forward at the February 9 Council meeting. The plan, a requirement for municipalities under the Housing Services Act, reports that in 2021:

54 additional households received a rent subsidy;
62 affordable housing units in Woodstock and 22 in Blandford-Blenheim neared completion;
26 additional affordable housing units were approved, eight in Woodstock and 18 in Tillsonburg; and,
two Habitat for Humanity dwellings were started in Drumbo in Blandford-Blenheim.

The report notes that the County continues to face a housing crisis in which housing demand greatly outweighs supply. Without adequate housing, it is difficult for individuals to have employment, food security, social and educational opportunities.

Read CAO 2022-02 – 2021 Annual Progress Report - 10-Year Shelter Plan

New date for inaugural Council meetings

County Council will consider next meeting a change to its procedural by-law to establish the fourth Wednesday of November at 2:00 p.m. as the inaugural meeting for the new Council each municipal election year. The inaugural meeting is used to swear in County Councillors for their four-year term and to elect the Warden and Deputy Warden ahead of regular Council meetings.

Read CS 2022-07 - County of Oxford Procedure By-law Amendments

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Council this Week: Highlights from the Feb 9 County Council agenda

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