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Affordable Net-zero Rental Units in Port Rexton

OHA is designing and constructing 5-10 net zero energy rental units in Port Rexton on a ~4 acre parcel of land kindly donated by a community member for the purpose of this project.

Photo Courtesy of Dru Kennedy

Project Funding

Funding for this project provided by The Community Housing Transformation Centre (CHTC) and their Sector Transformation Fund – Local Projects grant and The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Green Municipal Fund – Sustainable Affordable Housing.

Project Updates

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    Design Development Phase

    Posted on 28 June 202528 June 2025

    For the past 8 months,  Otter Housing Association has been hard at work moving our affordable housing project forward. A dedicated design and consultancy team…

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    Project Information Session Q&A

    Posted on 5 December 20245 December 2024

    The following Q&A summarizes our Project Information Session held in October. Thank you again to everyone who attended, followed up, or reached out since. We…

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    CMHC Visit to Port Rexton

    Posted on 15 November 202415 November 2024

    Back in October, representatives from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) visited Port Rexton and Newfoundland for the first time! They toured communities with…

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    Project Information Session Recap

    Posted on 30 October 202430 October 2024

    Earlier this month, we hosted our first formal information session, and we were thrilled to have over 40 community members in attendance! We’re excited about…

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    Project Information Session

    Posted on 9 October 20249 October 2024

    You’re invited! Join us to learn about our affordable housing project in Port Rexton on Wednesday, October 16th at 7pm at the Port Rexton Town…

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    Otter Land

    Posted on 30 August 202427 January 2025

    We are deeply grateful to the Fisher family, owners of Fishers’ Loft Inn, for their incredible generosity in donating land to our project. This invaluable…

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    Housing Accelerator Fund Approval!

    Posted on 20 May 202413 April 2025

    In September 2023, Otter Housing Association submitted an application to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) for the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) on behalf of…

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    Community-Led Housing Fund

    Posted on 10 February 202410 February 2024

    In January 2024, Otter Housing Association applied to the Community-Led Housing (CLH) Fund by Reclaim Community Collaborative Design Organization (CDO), a non-profit created to fill…

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    First Liaison Group Meeting

    Posted on 10 November 20236 December 2023

    On November 8th 2023, the Otter Housing Association and Town of Port Rexton Liaison Group met officially for the first time. OHA was represented by…

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    Forging Ahead

    Posted on 16 October 202318 October 2023

    OHA has been busy working through our land survey and completing funding applications. In partnership with the Town of Port Rexton, we have submitted an…

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    Otters in the UK

    Posted on 7 July 20237 July 2023

    In March 2023, Olivia and David headed across the pond to make connections with housing projects and communities in the UK. We are pleased to…

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    Port Rexton Project Site Visit

    Posted on 11 May 202318 May 2023

    On May 11th 2023, the Woodford Architecture team visited us for the afternoon. We explored the Port Rexton site and discussed ideas over lunch. Our…

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    Travelling Otters

    Posted on 23 March 202318 May 2023

    In Spring of 2023, Olivia and David head off to the UK to visit and tour nine co-housing communities over the course of two weeks….

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    Planning Grant

    Posted on 19 January 202318 February 2023

    In January of 2023, we received approval from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) for their Green Municipal Fund Planning Grant. This $20k grant, stacked…

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    Port Rexton Project Access Path

    Posted on 19 November 202227 January 2023

    In December of 2022, Olivia, David and Nicholas visited the Port Rexton project site to mark land coordinates and cut an access path to the…

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    Affordable Housing Workshop + Design Charette

    Posted on 19 July 202226 January 2023

    In partnership with Choices for Youth (CFY), we hosted a virtual discussion on affordable housing in rural and remote Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). The workshop…

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