Rob Flack, Ontario's associate minister of housing, and Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith announced $377,641 in funding for the two units at The Mount Community Centre.
Three people are facing charges, including two teenage boys, with aggravated assault after police found a man leaving his apartment with a gunshot wound to his leg.
Peterborough County OPP say no one was hurt in the fire, believed to be caused by a 29-year-old Havelock man who is facing several charges, including arson and uttering threats.
The city has named the members of a new mayor’s task force meant to help speed up housing development in Peterborough, and the group includes prominent local developers, as well as leaders in non-profit and social housing.