City To Unload Tax-Offending Properties

10/19/2024

This is a release from the City of Ottawa:

Mayor and Members of Council,

Revenue Services is conducting a tax sale for properties with significant unpaid taxes. Under Part XI of the Municipal Act, the City is required to advertise the sale of the properties for four consecutive weeks in local publication(s) (English and French) and once in the Ontario Gazette. We are advertising five (5) properties. Two of the five properties are vacant land (residential), two are parking spaces in condominium complexes and one is a vacant single family home. I have attached a listing of the properties for your reference. Ottawa.ca will also be updated with the list of properties on Friday, October 18, 2024.

The tax sale advertisement schedule will be as follows.

Saturday, October 19, 2024: The Ottawa Citizen and Le Droit
Saturday, October 26, 2024: The Ottawa Citizen, Le Droit and the Ontario Gazette
Saturday, November 2, 2024: The Ottawa Citizen and Le Droit
Saturday, November 9, 2024: The Ottawa Citizen and Le Droit

The tender opening will be held at 101 Centrepointe Drive, The Ben Franklin Place Chamber, on Friday, November 22, 2024, at 3:00 pm.

Listing a property for tax sale is done only as a last resort. Prior to arriving at this stage, numerous tax bills, statements and notices have been sent to the property owner. Revenue staff have made many attempts to arrange a satisfactory repayment schedule with the property owners. Each property owner has had plenty of opportunity to keep the City from taking this serious action. To be eligible for the tax sale, the property owner must owe taxes from 2022 and prior. I assure you that Revenue staff have made every possible effort to avoid this regrettable step.

Regards,

Joseph Muhuni

Deputy City Treasurer Revenue