Aldershot residents get a thorough briefing on the plans for supported housing in their community.

By Pepper Parr

April 17^th, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

The people representing Indwell me with the Aldershot community.

I think it is safe to say that most people left the room after a meeting that went well.

Megan Tregunno

Megan T, President of the Burlington Community Foundation got the meeting off to a start, explaining how the evening would proceed. Indwel people explained various parts of the program.

There were stations around the perimeter of the East Plains United church hall with information on the organization and where the development was in terms of actually building something.

Determining just who the residents will be is not as clear as it needs to be.

During my time with the community, one Aldershot resident, who is a church volunteer, told me that her view was: Aldershot residents come first, then Burlington people and then others.

Aldershot residents had a lot of questions. A rendering of the development is explained to a couple.

Right now, the list of people who will qualify is managed by the Regional HATCH  ( Halton Access to Community Housing) staff.  They cover the Region, which includes Burlington, Oakville, Milton and Halton Hills.

This will get worked out over the next couple of months.

While figuring out where the residents are going to come from the Indwell people who handle the construction of new housing are working with the city of Burlington to get the paperwork done needed for the Planning department to be in a position to issue a building.

It was an attentive audience.

There was more than a decent audience that was attentive and had good questions.  One would be pressed to have heard anything negative.

The city, to the surprise of many, has moved with considerable dispatch in getting this project to shovels in the ground.

A building permit is expected to be available by the end of the year or very early in 2027.

Construction is expected to be completed in 2029 and residents will be moving in early in 2029.

Indwell has done work like this in 20 municipalities across the province.  It is a first for Burlington and at this point the project is on target.