Modular Bridge Housing - Update September 2023
Peterborough, ON - The City of Peterborough is working with partner agencies performing outreach for people experiencing homelessness to provide them with an update and details on the Wolfe Street Modular Bridge Housing. Outreach workers are showing pictures of the individual units, the layout of the community, and talking with people experiencing homelessness about how the housing community will operate.
Working with community partner agencies, the City will offer accommodation in the Modular Bridge Housing community to 50 individuals who are currently experiencing unsheltered homelessness. Through conversations with individuals, work is underway to identify how support services at the Modular Bridge Housing project will align with each individual’s specific needs. Occupancy is expected to start this fall.
Outreach workers regularly speak with people who are experiencing homelessness to help connect them with available services. There is currently capacity in the Overflow Shelter at 210 Wolfe Street, with approximately 80% of beds available in July and August.
Construction of the Modular Bridge Housing community with 50 individual units is expected to start in September 2023.
Council approved a comprehensive homelessness strategy in May 2023. Part of the strategy includes:
- The 50-unit Modular Bridge Housing project
- Opening a new winter overnight drop-in centre
- Creating a service hub to support the Modular Bridge Housing community
Details are being finalized on the location of the winter overnight drop-in centre that will be open for six months each year and a year-round daytime meal program that will replace the current One Roof community meal program and drop-in centre. An announcement is expected shortly.
Once the new overnight drop-in centre opens and the Modular Bridge Housing project is ready, the Wolfe Street building will be converted from its current overflow shelter program into a service hub to support the Modular Bridge Housing community.
Project information, frequently asked questions, and an option to subscribe to receive updates on the project are available on the City’s community engagement hub at ConnectPtbo.ca/modular-bridge-housing.
