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CBRM Housing Strategy

About the project  

The Cape Breton Regional Municipality is undertaking a Housing Strategy to identify existing housing challenges, opportunities and solutions.  

This work will include:  

  • Public and stakeholder engagement to inform the Housing Strategy; 
  • Recommendations for a potential new comprehensive residential development incentive program;  
  • Identification of municipality owned surplus lands suitable for residential development; 
  • Residential development incentive program analysis including a land development framework, policy and regulatory review, and financial feasibility assessment; and 
  • Implementation of a road map and monitoring and evaluation framework. 

This Housing Strategy will provide a framework for CBRM to support housing across the municipality. It will serve as a comprehensive and measurable plan to increase the amount of housing in CBRM’s communities while promoting sustainable growth and development. 

The Housing Strategy will be guided by the CBRM Forward Project. CBRM Forward was a comprehensive project focused on updating CBRM’s Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS), Land Use Bylaw (LUB), Economic Development Strategy and Growth Management Strategy. The Housing Strategy will look specifically at solutions to improve housing in CBRM. 

Public Engagement 

Open Houses:

Tuesday, June 18th  

  • 2-3:30 pm at Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion (Kavanagh Room), Port of Sydney 
  • 6-7:30 pm at Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion (Kavanagh Room), Port of Sydney 

Wednesday, June 19th  

  • 12-1:30 pm at North Sydney Firefighters Club (14 Pierce St., North Sydney) 
  • 6-7:30 pm at Glace Bay Miner’s Forum (151 Lower North St., Glace Bay) 

Join us for an introductory presentation on the project and meet the consultants on the CBRM’s housing needs, challenges and opportunities. We invite you to drop in at one of the open houses anytime. The presentation will be at the beginning of each session. No registration is required. 

If you have any questions or require accessibility support, please contact Lyndsay at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Survey:

People who wish to provide input on CBRM’s housing needs, challenges and opportunities can do so by filling out the online survey before July 12, 2024. All survey responses are anonymous.

https://form.jotform.com/FBM_Planning/cbrm-housing-strategy-survey1

Contact info 

Lyndsay Francis, Engagement Lead & Private Planning Consultant, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Planning and Development Department, CBRM, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.