City of Brampton

The City of Brampton engaged SHS to create a Housing Incentive Program through a city-wide Community Improvement Plan (CIP) for Affordable Housing, which aimed to incentivize and attract various types of new affordable housing to the city.

Objective

The plan’s goal was to identify opportunities to incentivize and attract purpose-built rental and affordable housing to Brampton. It also considered housing types identified in Housing Brampton, a 2021 strategic and action plan that highlighted the housing needs of Brampton residents. These included infill housing, Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) housing, large units, and other senior- and student-focused developments.

Activities

To achieve these goals, the study examined opportunities, planning policy directions, potential incentive programs, and suitable mechanisms for delivering incentives for the City of Brampton.

The study included:

• An in-depth review of best practices in the provision of financial and non-financial incentives
• Extensive engagement with key industry experts and leaders, City staff and decision-makers
• Financial analysis of select incentive options to determine their impact in the current development environment and on the City

This research resulted in a recommended Incentive Program in the form of a Community Improvement Plan that contains a suite of financial and non-financial tools that will most effectively support the City’s housing strategy, as well as an Implementation and Governance Plan, a Monitoring Program, and a Marketing Strategy for the Program.