Charlottetown city council voted for a temporary use variance for the Community Outreach Centre Monday night, allowing a move to Park Street, but the province will have to meet some conditions.
There are renewed calls to turn a prime piece of real estate on Charlottetown's waterfront into more housing, instead of continuing to use it for parking and storage.
The federal government and City of Summerside have reached an agreement that will provide the city with $5.8 million from the federal Housing Accelerator Fund to fast track 132 housing units in the next three years.
Charlottetown Mayor Philip Brown is hopeful an eight-storey apartment building will rise on Grafton Street, despite the developer pulling the plug after planning board recommended it be rejected.