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OTTAWA CITY SIMULATION

Ottawa: Housing & Survival

A city-building layer for the Housing Maze. Follow a resident through unsheltered nights, shelter capacity, transit, health, paperwork, coordinated access and the long path toward affordable housing.

SIMULATION MODEOTTAWA · 2026Resident decisions drive the live indicators.

City pressure

LIVE FILE

Housing ladder

PATHWAY
01UnshelteredSurvival, weather, safety and belongings
02Emergency shelter / overflowCapacity, intake, accessibility and animal barriers
03Coordinated Access / By-NameAssessment, matching and prioritization
04RGI / supportive / COHBDocumentation, eligibility, scarce supply and matching
05Lease stabilityRent, income, health and tenancy supports

Realistic roadblocks

NAVIGATE

Barriers are modeled as systems friction, not puzzles to cheat. The player can work around them through legitimate alternatives: another provider, accommodation request, review or appeal, document reconstruction, outreach, callback, rescheduling or returning when capacity opens.

CapacityFull service → alternate provider → overflow → retry
DocumentsMissing ID → obtain proof → replace document → continue
AccessibilityBarrier → accommodation → accessible alternative
EligibilityQuestion → clarification → review / appeal
TimingMissed intake → reschedule → protect fare and phone
ContactNo callback → update contact → outreach / worker follow-up