Windsor residents have a chance to sound off on a new program designed to address the City's housing stock.
A vacant home tax program was approved by Windsor City Council in 2021, to encourage owners of vacant homes to either sell or rent out the properties and increase housing availability. The tax would only apply to those dwellings that are sitting empty.
Under the tax program, residents would be required to self-declare the occupancy status on their properties to help determine if the tax would be applicable.
"For property owners simply living in their own homes, nothing would be required beyond this declaration, as the intent of the program is to stimulate affordable housing by making it less attractive for property owners to leave residential properties unused," read a release from the City.
Residents have until February 19 to provide feedback in an online survey. The City will then take the information gathered and provide recommendations, which will go before City Council in late winter or early spring.
The survey can be found on the City's new public engagement portal.