City-owned sites for Housing

Housing availability and affordability is at critical demand, and Penticton is developing a framework to address housing needs in the community. The Official Community Plan Housing Task Force identified that using city-owned lands for non-market housing may be one of the most available and affordable ways to provide land for affordable housing needs, and with recent motions from Council directing staff to explore options for housing specifically for seniors, youth and the workforce, staff have identified three sites.

1. Ellis Street North Block (225, 231, 235, 241, 251, 253, 271, 283 Ellis Street and 99 Nanaimo Avenue East)
2. Eckhardt Ave Block (971, 977, 985, 999 Eckhardt Avenue West)
3. 2509 Main Street

Information about these sites, including reports, draft plans and other documents will be provided in the Documents section as the information becomes available. Engagement related to the Social Housing Plan and potential future land dispositions of the three sites will be held separately.

A note about the Social Housing Plan: The Social Housing Plan will be a tactical plan that goes beyond identifying social housing targets. The Social Housing Plan will provide a more comprehensive list of potential housing sites on ‘community land’, including sites owned by the City along with sites owned by non-profit partners, faith-based groups, and other levels of government and their agencies which may be suitable for social housing development, with linkage to potential capital funding sources to build on the identified sites. The term ‘Social Housing,’ according to the Province, refers to “housing development that government subsidizes and that either government or a non-profit housing partner owns and/or operates.”