Housing and Shelter

Emergency shelters can provide a temporary place to sleep if you do not have any other place to stay. Find information about local shelter services and an overnight program.

HAP manages the Centralized Wait List for Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) housing in the City and County of Peterborough. 

Learn about the Housing Resource Centre, Housing Stability Fund, and landlords that offer affordable housing rentals.

Funding is limited to help homeowners afford repairs or upgrades and to help renters purchase a home.

Through the Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan, we provide financial incentives to stimulate the construction of affordable housing in our community.

The City's 10-year Housing and Homelessness Plan includes targets to build more housing people can afford and to help people find and keep housing. Annual progress updates are also available.

Learn about Housing First, Coordinated Access, By-Name Data and Built-for-Zero initiatives.

The Community Housing Guide and Directives help guide the work of Community Housing providers in the City and County of Peterborough.

Social Services provides outreach services to people staying at the local emergency shelters and the Modular Bridge Housing community. 

The Modular Bridge Housing community includes 50 individual units on a City property on Wolfe Street to provide another housing option for people experiencing homelessness.