New affordable housing units going up in Brampton with help from Mayor Patrick Brown

City staffers, local businesses and Mayor Patrick Brown rolled up their sleeves this week to help build a new development to bring more cost-effective, affordable homes to Brampton.

The project is being built by Habitat for Humanity and will be a stacked back-to-back townhouse development at 25 William St. with a dozen four-bedroom units.

Brampton City Council gave more than $6 million to Habitat projects back in 2023 to help kick-start construction, and Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown helped with the build on Wednesday at Habitat for Humanity’s first-ever Brampton Mayor’s Build day.

The funds came through the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Fund, which gave Brampton more than $114 million to kick-start housing projects in the city.

Brown got together with members of the Brampton Board of Trade, Habitat and local businesses to help tackle the city’s housing crisis.

“From networking on the scaffolding to swinging hammers side by side, this day showed what’s possible when community and business come together with purpose,” Habitat for Humanity says. “A huge thank you to every volunteer, sponsor, and partner who made this event such a success — because of you, more families in Brampton are one step closer to safe, stable, affordable housing.”

Once finished, the Williams Street complex will have family-sized suites with between 1,380 and 1,530 square feet of living space, and a contribution agreement between Brampton and the charity will ensure the new cost-effective units will stay affordable “for a period of not less than 25 years,” a city report reads.

That means homes “will remain affordable from one homeowner to the next,” Habitat told city council in 2023, with any exceptions “brought to Brampton staff for approval.”

The build is expected to wrap by the end of 2025, with occupancy starting in the winter of next year.

Spots for suites at the Williams Street build have already been filled, but is taking applicants for its Countryside development in Brampton that will feature 15 stacked townhomes.

For more information on Habitat for Humanity and developments in Brampton and the Greater Toronto Area, visit www.habitatgta.ca.

Rolled up my sleeves and joined Mayor @patrickbrownont & the @BramptonBOT for the inaugural #BramptonMayorsBuild with @HabitatGTA to construct new affordable homes for 12 families in @bramptondtbia!

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