About housing development

The Housing Development team, in Housing Services:

• Manages the development of affordable housing and emergency shelters on sites owned by Peel Region and Peel Housing Corporation.
• Secures funding from federal, provincial, and regional levels of government to create projects.
• Oversees third-party projects supported through federal, provincial, and regional funds.
• Works through feasibility, land management, pre-development, planning, design, construction, commissioning and hand-over to operations.
• Collaborates with community partners to build safe, affordable housing in Peel through programs like the Peel Affordable Rental Incentives Program.
• Implements the Peel Community Housing Development Program, which includes a target of 12 projects or 1,444 new units/beds over 10-years.

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Types of affordable housing we build

We build and support different types of affordable housing across Peel. These types of affordable housing support a range of resident needs and circumstances from emergency short-term and transitional stays to long-term rentals.

Select each of the following housing types to get an overview and details about how our work is addressing the need.

Emergency shelter

A facility designed to meet the immediate needs of people who are homeless. These shelters usually have minimal eligibility criteria, offer shared sleeping facilities and amenities. They may offer food, clothing, or other services. Some emergency shelters allow people to stay on an ongoing basis, while others are short term and are set up to respond to special circumstances, such as extreme weather.

The Queen Street Brampton Youth Shelter and Surveyor Shelter are examples of emergency shelters.

Transitional housing

Refers to supportive, yet temporary type of accommodation that is meant to bridge the gap from homelessness to permanent housing by offering structure, supervision, support, housing planning etc. The housing offered is temporary and residents can only stay in the housing for a set amount of time, usually 1 to 2 years in Peel.

Armagh House and Birch Place. are examples of transitional housing.

Supportive housing

Affordable and accessible residential accommodation that provides individual-based support and services so residents can live independently. This can include assistance with activities of daily living or medical care, and other community-based support.

Peel Manor Seniors Rental Building and Lakeshore Lofts are examples of supportive housing.

Seniors’ housing

Housing for adults 65 years or older.

Peel Manor Seniors Rental Building and Mayfield Seniors Apartments are examples of seniors housing.

Affordable rental

Rental housing, as defined by the Provincial Policy Statement, is considered affordable as being the least expensive of the following 2 calculations:

• a rental unit where the rent does not exceed 30% of the gross annual household income*; or
• a rental unit where the rent is at or below the average market rent of a unit in the regional market area.

*gross income is used for non Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) applicants and/units, while RGI applications are based on net family income.

Birch Place, Mayfield Family Site, Chelsea Gardens, East Avenue redevelopment project, Credit River Way, BBCFR Ltd., and 360 City Centre Drive are examples of affordable rental housing.

Our project process

• Planning: Design development, building permit application, approvals, and overall budget and scheduling.
• Construction: The construction tender procurement award and all construction activities by the contractor through to completion.
• Applications open: Resident communications, advertising, tenant appointments, and lease agreement signing.
• Complete: Construction has concluded in the building and all units have been filled.