Develop
Advance housing on suitable public land and strategically acquired sites.
The Charlottetown Blue Book / Housing
Charlottetown
Housing Authority
A proposed municipal housing delivery body using public land, partnerships, mixed-income housing and long-term reinvestment to build and preserve homes in Charlottetown.
Public land. Mixed-income homes. Long-term reinvestment.
01250-home Year One pipeline target
Planning, partnerships, acquisition, approvals or construction.
02160 Homes flagship project
Publicly owned mixed-income community planned for a 2027 start.
03Public assets stay public
Housing revenue is reinvested in housing.
04Publish the results
Pipeline, costs, rents, maintenance and delivery reported publicly.
The municipal housing mandate
Build, partner, preserve and reinvest.
The proposed Charlottetown Housing Authority will be a municipal housing delivery body focused on increasing long-term housing supply and keeping public investment working for residents over time.
Partner
Work with federal and provincial governments, non-profits, co-operatives and other housing partners.
Preserve
Maintain public housing as a long-term asset with funded maintenance and capital renewal.
Reinvest
Use net housing revenue to support operations, renewal and additional housing rather than distributing profits outside the portfolio.
Measure
Publish a housing pipeline and annual performance report with clear project stages and delivery measures.
Coordinate
Align municipal land, planning, servicing and housing investment so projects move through one accountable delivery program.
Year One working target
Put approximately 250 homes into an active municipal pipeline.
For reporting purposes, "active pipeline" will mean homes that have entered a documented municipal stage such as site control, partnership agreement, design, approvals, procurement or construction. The 160 Homes project will be part of that pipeline.
- Publish the initial project pipeline and stage of each project.
- Identify municipal land suitable for housing.
- Advance strategic acquisitions where necessary.
- Establish partnership projects with other public and community housing providers.
- Set project-specific cost, schedule and affordability targets before construction.
Pipeline is not completion.
The Year One target describes projects actively under development, not 250 completed homes in the first year. Starts and completions will be reported separately.
Delivery tools
Use more than one way to create housing.
Direct municipal development
Develop housing on City-controlled sites where direct ownership is the appropriate model.
Public land partnerships
Structure long-term partnerships that preserve public objectives while bringing in outside housing expertise or capital.
Non-profit and co-operative partnerships
Support qualified community housing providers through land, servicing, project coordination or other municipal tools.
Strategic acquisition
Acquire sites when ownership materially improves the City's ability to deliver long-term housing.
Existing-building preservation
Assess acquisitions or partnerships that can preserve existing rental housing when economically justified.
Infrastructure coordination
Coordinate water, sewer, streets, transit and approvals with the housing pipeline rather than treating each as a separate project.
Operating model
Mixed-income housing with cost visibility.
Projects may combine affordable, workforce and market rents. The detailed rent structure will be published project by project, together with the assumptions used to support operations, maintenance and long-term renewal.
Affordable homes
Homes with affordability requirements defined and published for each project.
Workforce homes
Housing intended to serve households whose incomes may be above traditional social-housing limits but who still face local affordability pressure.
Market homes
Market-rent homes can be included within mixed developments where they support the financial and social mix of the project.
Final rent bands, eligibility rules and cross-subsidy arrangements will be published before leasing. This page does not assume a final rent formula that has not yet been adopted.
Public accountability
Show the pipeline, costs and condition of the assets.
| Measure | What will be reported |
|---|---|
| Pipeline | Homes by project and stage: site control, design, approvals, procurement, construction and completion. |
| Capital | Approved project budgets, financing sources and material changes. |
| Affordability | Published rent bands and the number of homes in each category. |
| Delivery | Construction starts, completions and occupancy. |
| Asset condition | Maintenance performance, major repairs and funded capital-renewal requirements. |
| Partnerships | Major land, financing and operating partnerships, subject to normal legal and procurement confidentiality. |
Legal and institutional structure
A municipal proposal distinct from the existing provincial authority.
Prince Edward Island already has a provincially constituted Charlottetown Area Housing Authority under the PEI Housing Corporation. The municipal proposal described here is a separate housing delivery body. Its final legal name and structure will be selected under PEI law so that governance and public responsibilities are clear and the two organizations are not confused.
Legal implementation.The City will use the municipal legal structure available under PEI law and will seek provincial enabling legislation if a separate statutory structure is required.
Background: Government of PEI, About PEI Housing Authorities; Municipal Government Act and Regulations.
First flagship project
Approximately 160 publicly owned homes.
The first major project is planned as a mixed-income, mixed-generation community with approximately 160 homes, about 30 three-bedroom homes, at least 20 accessible or adaptable homes and a ground-floor daycare serving approximately 60 to 80 children.
Explore the 160 Homes proposalThe Charlottetown Blue Book
Housing delivery with a public balance sheet.
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