Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes Submits Temporary Rezoning Application to City For Affordable Housing

Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes (PATH) submitted a completed application for a temporary rezoning to the City for affordable housing, announced on Wednesday.

Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The rezoning is for 385 Lansdowne St. E. and the Peterborough City Planning Department has approved the application. It will be presented to the City Council General Committee on Aug. 26.

A site development agreement pre-consultation has been conducted with City staff, Planning, the Building Department, and Fire Services to establish the parameters for the site's development and operation.

“This is the first step in providing a valuable community resource to address homelessness in the City of Peterborough and will enable us to offer secure, heated sleeping cabins and supporting amenities for 24 unhoused individuals,” said Keith Dalton, PATH board member.

The plan is to build 30 sleeping cabins for unhoused people at the former Peterborough Humane Society building. Habitat KPR has agreed to sign a three-year lease with PATH for the latter to use the tiny homes in April of last year.

The program is currently funded for the first year of operation and PATH will seek support from Peterborough citizens and provincial and federal levels of government to extend this service for three years according to a press release. This is being done while PATH proceeds with its Phase 2 program for community-funded permanent, affordable housing.

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