Housing Opportunity ExplorerHelp build a place for more people to call Dufferin home. Explore potential locations, project ideas, and partnerships that could bring attainable and affordable housing to our communities.
Opportunity briefs are being reviewed and will appear here soon. Know a location worth investigating? Suggest it.
Upper floors of main-street buildings converted to apartments. Orangeville's Community Improvement Plan lists upper-floor residential retrofits as eligible for its major building improvement program (up to $35,000, 50% of eligible costs). Town of Orangeville CIP
Four to twelve units on an infill lot: stacked townhouses, a small walk-up, or additional units on an existing lot where zoning allows.
Shops or services at street level with homes above, on underused commercial sites such as older plazas or parking lots.
Land held by public bodies or faith and community groups, sometimes offered on long-term lease to non-profit builders. Dufferin County's Master Housing Strategy reviewed 24 County sites and shortlisted 10 that could yield 182 to 306 units. Master Housing Strategy
Housing gets built when landowners, builders, non-profits, employers, investors and agencies find each other. Tell us your role and what you could bring. We review every submission by hand and only connect people who both agree.