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Odessa project

Ultimately we hope to have 116 homes in 2-pocket neighbourhoods of 58-homes each. Each pocket would have their own community center and infrastructure.

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Original Odessa Concept

Our original proposal for Odessa was 2-pockets with a total of 100-homes each. This could have been doubled as well, however density, waste & water services, along with traffic, and many other potential issues, had us scale back the development.

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Kingston Concept

We had been talking with the city of Kingston for a number of years about a development on this property, however, while we were working to fund the development, another tiny home builder has proposed an alternate plan for this property. We are enthusiastic about this development plan, because our focus is on expanding affordable housing options, and we do not feel we need to develop each community for this to happen. We welcome all tiny home development!

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Kincardine Concept

This was an early development concept, where we have turned the homes to accommodate aa narrower lot. The downside we see is that neighbours are further apart, so potentially less community would develop.

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Val Rita Concept

Here we worked on the “ring road” concept, along with shared onsite parking. This keeps potential traffic away from the community areas. Val Rita is a northern town, so winter parking by one’s home is an important consideration.

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Elliot Lake Concept

While the Elliot Lake development has been in the works for a few years, we are still working through the community design, as we review costs and requirements. This particular property has a number of challenges to develop, so we are unsure whether it will be our final choice.

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    A look ahead …

    • CMHC is projecting a 3.5 million home shortage by 2030, with over 1.4 million of those in Ontario alone. This shortage is on top of historical new housing construction, so if economic factors (depression) slow construction, or immigration increases (war/disaster), the situation will worsen.
    • The governments talk about addressing the issue by increasing the National Housing Strategy budget, or various Housing Action Plans, but this only helps established developers create more unaffordable housing. What is needed are new forms of housing that are affordable, but unfortunately these do not typically meet the criteria for government funding.
    • While this outlook is bleak, we want to offer a glimmer of hope, but it needs everyone deciding to make a difference. Whether it is because you want a home you can afford to rent or buy, or you want an affordable home for your young-adult children, or you want something you can afford to retire/downsize into, or you want to slow the growth of the unhoused in your community, or you want to help someone reintegrate into society, consider support our tiny home community initiatives.
    • Our homes are in addition to traditional housing construction, so every one directly addresses the housing crisis. Not only do they provide affordable community housing for singles, couples, and single parents with young child, by right-sizing seniors through downsizing, it increases the supply of homes for larger family units, effectively addressing all housing needs.

    Canada is underestimating the number of new homes needed — by a lot, says CIBC

    Published Feb 07, 2024 – Financial Post

    Canada needs to build five million extra units by 2030 on top of annual construction, said Benjamin Tal, deputy-chief economist with CIBC World Markets in a report on Feb. 6.  That’s well above widely circulated estimates of 3.5 million additional homes needed by the end of the decade.