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Wright would explore the city once again building affordable housing itself — the Indwell partnership isn't keeping up with demand.

• Explore the city once again becoming a constructor of affordable housing
• Current approach with non-profits like Indwell 'is not keeping up with the demand'

Confidence:High

Ensure everyone has access to safe, affordable, well-maintained housing.

• Safe, affordable, well-maintained housing for all

Confidence:High

Jozic would accelerate housing on vacant land and create a permanent Affordable Infill and Additional Residential Unit Matching Fund.

• Accelerate housing construction on vacant and underused land
• Permanent Affordable Infill and Additional Residential Unit Matching Fund
• Prioritize projects with meaningful affordability commitments, not unconditioned market-rate subsidies

Confidence:High

Prunner: shift focus to affordable housing for low- and middle-income residents — inclusionary zoning, density bonuses, land trusts.

• Create affordable housing and rental opportunities for low- and middle-income residents
• Work with for-profit developers using inclusionary zoning and density bonuses
• Incentivize affordable rental projects through Community Land Trusts

Confidence:High

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Wright backs advocating for a vacancy tax on commercial properties and says key-value properties should be expropriated by the city.

• Advocate for a Vacancy tax
• Some properties of key value to the City should be expropriated by the City
• City should advocate for provincial authority to impose a vacant commercial property tax

Confidence:High

Jozic: every dollar must be spent responsibly, with stronger oversight, competitive procurement and measurable outcomes.

• Property-tax relief and financial accountability a top priority
• Londoners cannot continue absorbing large tax increases without better results
• Stronger oversight, competitive procurement, measurable outcomes

Confidence:High

Open to trimming the budget to reduce property taxes where services aren't harmed; says visible results make taxes feel lighter.

• Asked about growth, infrastructure and taxes, Prunner said if budget savings can reduce property taxes without harming services, they should be considered.
• Says if services work well and Londoners see tangible positive impacts day-to-day, the weight of property taxes won't feel so heavy.

Confidence:High

Says London Transit must be a focus next term, with reliable service and known frequencies; doubts Council can boost airport use.

• Asked how he would improve transit and connections, Wright said London Transit needs to be a focus of the next term, asking how to improve service, grow ridership and keep fares reasonable amid fuel and tariff-driven costs.
• Says bus service should be reliable and frequency should be a known, not a guess, for users; calls the airport a significantly underutilized asset.

Confidence:High

Prunner wants more buses, eliminating barriers to transit access, plus better supports for non-profits serving the unhoused.

• 'We will need more buses in order to increase bus availability and services'
• Eliminating barriers to access public transit
• Better supports for non-profits that provide care and facilities for the unhoused

Confidence:High

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Accountable leadership that listens, follows through, and works alongside residents.

• Accountable leadership
• Listens, follows through, works alongside residents

Confidence:High

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Orser: strong-mayor law is wrong and should be rescinded — one councillor one vote, one mayor one vote.

• Strong Mayor law is wrong
• Should be rescinded
• One councillor one vote, one mayor one vote

Confidence:High

Ensure residents receive high-quality municipal services for their tax dollars; escalate recurring problems.

• High-quality municipal services for tax dollars
• Help residents access timely city services; escalate recurring neighbourhood problems

Confidence:High

Wright: 'Most major roads should not be under construction at the same time' — residents deserve well-maintained roads and sidewalks.

• Most major roads should not be under construction at the same time
• Residents deserve well-maintained roads and sidewalks
• Constantly vigilant about using tax dollars wisely and receiving value

Confidence:High

Jozic would prioritize infrastructure by public safety and urgency, maintaining roads and pipes before new projects.

• Asked how to prioritize infrastructure investments, Jozic said he would prioritize based on public safety, urgency, population growth, existing capacity, economic impact and long-term value.
• He says maintaining current roads, pipes and facilities should come before committing to projects the city cannot afford to operate.

Confidence:High

Says London needs baseline funding for roads, water and wastewater, and better-coordinated roadwork to cut traffic impacts.

• Asked how London should pay for growth while keeping taxes competitive, Prunner said it is prudent to maintain a baseline of funding for roads, water and wastewater systems.
• Wants roadwork delegated more strategically to reduce the impact on drivers and traffic congestion.

Confidence:High

Backs the London Economic Development Corporation and close Western/Fanshawe ties to grow jobs and investment.

• Asked what Council should do to support business growth and talent attraction, Wright said the principal obstacle is U.S. trade uncertainty, with new opportunities from refocusing relationships with other countries.
• Says the City should keep working with Western, Fanshawe and current employers to encourage businesses to relocate to and grow in London, including through the London Economic Development Corporation.

Confidence:High

Jozic would enforce property standards and escalating fees for buildings left vacant, and fast-track adaptive-reuse permits.

• Stronger enforcement of property standards and escalating fees for vacant/deteriorating buildings
• Fast-track permits for adaptive reuse like converting vacant upper floors into housing
• Heritage restoration grants or tax incentives tied to firm construction and occupancy deadlines

Confidence:High

Proposes a Community Land Trust for small-business startups to lock in reasonable rents and keep non-profits' costs low.

• Asked what Council should do to support business growth, Prunner said vacant commercial units sit in disrepair asking unsustainable rents, and the unhoused presence deters small-business ventures.
• Proposes a Community Land Trust for small-business startups with locked-in, reasonable rental pricing to help both non-profits and small-business talent.

Confidence:High

Orser: privatize building inspectors to make it easier to invest, build and operate a business in London.

• Privatize building inspectors
• Aimed at making it easier to invest, build and operate a business

Confidence:High

Wright supports a moratorium on AI data centre construction until water is recycled and energy costs won't rise for other consumers.

• Support a moratorium on AI data centre construction
• Require reassurance that water used will be recycled
• Ensure construction won't lead to higher energy costs for other consumers

Confidence:High

Jozic says climate funding should target the greatest verified emissions reductions at the lowest cost, using senior-government funds.

• Asked which climate plan elements to prioritize, Jozic said the next council should concentrate funding on the measures producing the greatest verified reductions at the lowest cost.
• He wants the City to maximize provincial, federal and utility funding rather than burden property taxpayers, keep programs accessible to lower-income households, and publicly report costs, savings and emissions per initiative.

Confidence:High

Prunner: look into Generate Upcycle on Green Valley Road, which creates renewable natural gas through composting, already on the grid.

• Work with Generate Upcycle, a facility on Green Valley Road
• Creates Renewable Natural Gas energy through composting
• Already available on the energy grid

Confidence:High

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Prunner backs municipal investment through Community Land Trusts for long-term, secure support of social services.

• Community Land Trusts as sustainable municipal investment in social services
• Land Trusts can also benefit economic stability and accessibility for downtown businesses
• Helping the unhoused creates public spaces people feel enticed to travel to

Confidence:High

Orser: end open drug use and free drug kits first, then help the homeless into stable housing — that's priority number one.

• End open drug use and free drug kits
• Then help the homeless to stable housing
• Priority number one for the economy

Confidence:High

Favours continued City support for outdoor festivals, especially downtown ones that help make downtown welcoming.

• Asked which cultural infrastructure should be prioritised, Wright said he supports continued City backing for outdoor festivals, especially those held downtown, alongside efforts to make downtown a welcoming space.

Confidence:High

Says the City should help repair cultural facilities falling into disrepair before they are lost, calling it a wise investment.

• Asked which cultural infrastructure should be prioritised, Prunner said the City should identify buildings falling into disrepair beyond what facility operators can maintain, and help with major repairs that would otherwise shut them down.
• Says losing these spaces would be a painful cultural blow and add more vacant decaying buildings; repairing now costs less than full teardown and rebuild later.

Confidence:High