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Housing
Read the latest news about housing in Peterborough. These articles shed light on issues pertaining to housing and homelessness.
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“We look after the whole person”: Non-profit offers housing – and much more – to women and their children fleeing abuse
Volunteers converted old houses in downtown Peterborough into apartments for women and their children escaping intimate-partner violence starting in the 1980s.
Encampment residents will soon move into sleeping cabin community
But the city needs more funding from higher levels of government for permanent housing solutions, councillor says
After Ford government flip-flop, Peterborough must quickly decide fate of several proposed subdivisions
The province has backtracked on its land use changes. So what’s next for several key properties on the edge of town?
Home construction has slowed dramatically despite Peterborough’s urgent need for housing. What’s holding it up?
Some developers blame the city for slow housing approvals. But city officials say due process ensures new builds are in the public interest.
Encampment evictions are an “every day” reality in Peterborough
Hundreds of “illegal tenting” incidents have been responded to at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars
“Extensive damage”: City faces lawsuit over sewage backup in social housing buildings
The Peterborough Housing Corporation is suing the city and two construction companies for $300,000 over a 2021 sewage backup that flooded several apartments and displaced multiple people from their homes.
PHC tenants “shocked” and “worried” about proposed redevelopment
The City wants to demolish 75 units of social housing to make way for mixed-income apartment buildings. Where will current tenants go in the meantime?
PHC redevelopment progresses despite challenges posed by federal funding program
Two properties identified for phase one of redevelopment. But PHC CEO Hope Lee says a recent drop in federal grant funding will lead to higher rents for new tenants.
“It’s terrible to have to leave your home”: More Peterborough landlords trying to evict renters for their own use
The pandemic surge in "own-use" evictions continues unabated, new data obtained by Currents reveals
“We look after the whole person”: Non-profit offers housing – and much more – to women and their children fleeing abuse
Volunteers converted old houses in downtown Peterborough into apartments for women and their children escaping intimate-partner violence starting in the 1980s.
Encampment residents will soon move into sleeping cabin community
But the city needs more funding from higher levels of government for permanent housing solutions, councillor says
After Ford government flip-flop, Peterborough must quickly decide fate of several proposed subdivisions
The province has backtracked on its land use changes. So what’s next for several key properties on the edge of town?
Home construction has slowed dramatically despite Peterborough’s urgent need for housing. What’s holding it up?
Some developers blame the city for slow housing approvals. But city officials say due process ensures new builds are in the public interest.
Encampment evictions are an “every day” reality in Peterborough
Hundreds of “illegal tenting” incidents have been responded to at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars
“Extensive damage”: City faces lawsuit over sewage backup in social housing buildings
The Peterborough Housing Corporation is suing the city and two construction companies for $300,000 over a 2021 sewage backup that flooded several apartments and displaced multiple people from their homes.
PHC tenants “shocked” and “worried” about proposed redevelopment
The City wants to demolish 75 units of social housing to make way for mixed-income apartment buildings. Where will current tenants go in the meantime?
PHC redevelopment progresses despite challenges posed by federal funding program
Two properties identified for phase one of redevelopment. But PHC CEO Hope Lee says a recent drop in federal grant funding will lead to higher rents for new tenants.
“It’s terrible to have to leave your home”: More Peterborough landlords trying to evict renters for their own use
The pandemic surge in "own-use" evictions continues unabated, new data obtained by Currents reveals
