Mount Hope Village is designed to create the first community in Halifax Regional Municipality with a significant affordable housing component integrated into a large-scale development in the last forty years. This is an innovative approach to include affordable housing at a community scale. Through partnership with the Provincial government, the community will provide opportunities for varying home options, including traditional ownership, rental, and potentially co-operative ownership models. The integration of affordable units in the development is intended to create an inclusive community that seamlessly blends homes that are partially funded under an affordability program and those which are not. Mount Hope Village is proposed to include approximately 40% of homes under this affordability program.
The proposed development has been comprehensively designed to create a community that integrates a variety of residential land uses. The street pattern reflects a series of interconnected local streets with primary access to Mount Hope Avenue and a secondary access located at Lynn Drive.
The design incorporates dedicated parkland serving as a hub for social gathering, and active living, with a centrally located one acre park. The second and larger park area is located along the perimeter of a wetland and includes a walking / running trail to support and encourage active living.
Source: Clayton Developments
