Housing

City’s proposal to use vacant Peterborough Housing Corp. units as temporary housing for unhoused people not a substitute for an overnight drop-in centre, which could help dozens warm up every night, according to One City co-executive director

Four college and university students have tried to access the YES Shelter this month; all but one were turned away

A 3-bedroom townhouse at Peterborough Co-operative Homes goes for $828 a month. But there’s a four-year waiting list to get in.

At a meeting last month senior city staff warned that encampment evictions will continue, housing advocate says

People began packing up their tents in James Stevenson Park after city workers issued trespass notices early Tuesday morning; all but one of the tents was gone by early afternoon

Kyle Colvin and his family don’t want to leave the Peterborough Housing Corporation-owned duplex they have called home for 25 years