City commits to leasing space and endorses the housing proposal put forward by Indwell

By Pepper Parr

March 10th, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

City Council took two big steps to get to the point where space will become available on Waterdown Road just north of Plains Road for affordable housing that will be provided by Indwell on land the city bought for $7 million and has now expressed its intent to lease that land to Indwell who will in the fullness of time construct a building that will have space for up to 74 people.

The debate was limited in that Councillor Galbraith was unable to participate due to a conflict of interest directly across the road from the planned development.  Galbraith understands business better than the other Council members; his comments and questions would have been more than useful.

Leah Logan, Regional Director with Sylvia Harris, Senior Development Manager, Flourish.

The Indwell people have been before Council several times in the last month.

Social housing is managed by the Region.  Their Hatch program BETTER HERE budgets for the purchase of housing and for the building os new housing that can be made available t o people who cannot afford market rate accommodation.

Indwell is the largest organization providing very affordable accommodation, along with the services some families need to get themselves to the point where they can become productive members of the community.

When they were explaining to Council what they do they made a point of saying they expected to provide accommodation for Burlington residents who are homeless.

They may not have been fully aware of just how many homeless people there are in the immediate area they plan to build.

A community of homeless people find places that are out of sight where they can set up.

Indwell is a Christian organization that provides not just accommodation but services some of the homeless might need. Putting a life back together if you have lived “rough” is not easy.