The Town of Hanover has launched a Housing Residence Survey as part of its Housing Needs Assessment, inviting all residents to share their housing needs, challenges, and priorities. The anonymous online questionnaire takes about five to eight minutes to complete and will remain open until September 23, 2026.
Residents can access the survey through a Google Form linked on the Town of Hanover’s website. The municipality says the responses will help shape local housing decisions as it studies housing needs in the community of roughly 8,000 people in southwestern Grey County.
The survey is part of a broader Housing Needs Assessment that was proposed in the 2026 town budget to be conducted by a third-party consulting firm. It comes as the region faces significant housing pressure, with Grey County’s community housing wait list growing from 913 in 2020 to 2,545 in 2025 and average wait times increasing from 2.9 to 4.9 years.
Hanover Mayor Sue Paterson and council are gathering feedback at a time when Grey County has approved a ten-year housing action plan aiming to reduce chronic homelessness and add over 300 deeply affordable homes by 2035. The municipality has also had Strong Mayor Powers since May 1, 2025, which the province says are meant to accelerate housing and infrastructure priorities.
All survey responses are anonymous, and the town is asking residents to participate before the September 23 deadline.
