Alex Bierk

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Plan to Construct 28,000 New Housing Units in Eastern Ontario over the next Seven Years Presented to Council
Representatives of the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (EOWC) Peterborough County Warden, Bonnie Clark and former Chief Administrative Officer of Hastings County, Jim Pine, brought forward their plan to quickly build new housing units in the region over the next seven years, known as the Seven and Seven Regional Housing Plan. The plan, as Pine explained it during General Committee on October 2nd, is to build 7,000 new units of social housing over the next seven years in addition to 21,000 market-rate rental units in that same timeframe.
Bierk and Riel Hopeful for Wolfe Street Housing Strategy
Coming out of a closed session on September 5th, Peterborough City Council voted unanimously to temporarily amend the Parks and Facilities bylaw 19-074 and Trespass bylaw 19-075.
Council Moves to Defer Report on CMHA and Peterborough Drug Strategy Funding Pending Agency Presentations
On September 5th, 2023, Peterborough City Council moved to defer a report on funding for CMHA and the Peterborough Drug Strategy until they could hear presentations from agencies who deliver supports for marginalized individuals in the community.
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