Community Housing

• Family of 6 receives their first home thanks to Habitat for Humanity Edmonton

  Habitat for Humanity Edmonton celebrated a handful of local families as they received a chance to start over and rebuild their families' futures thanks to affordable housing.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2021
  
• $250K to help Peterborough, Lindsay police fight gang crime, human trafficking in community housing

  In 2020 so far, the Peterborough Police Service's special victims unit has investigated more than 120 internet child exploitation cases.

  Politics

  Aug 11, 2020
  
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• Feds, province to invest $394.2M in improving housing affordability in Nova Scotia

  The two governments will also work together on the design and implementation of a new Canada Housing Benefit for the province to provide affordability support to those in need.

  Politics

  Aug 20, 2019
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• Wesley Day Centre, hub for Hamilton’s most vulnerable, closing its doors

  A hub for downtown Hamilton's most vulnerable is being forced to close its doors after more than 20 years.

  Jun 12, 2019
• ‘It’s been hell’: Neighbour of Newmarket supportive housing unit fed up with trouble next door

  Global News reached out to local Councillor Bob Kwapis, who acknowledged the frustration that people in the neighbourhood are feeling "when enforcement officers are called in to respond to complaints in the area."

  Canada

  May 3, 2019
• Hamilton’s share of provincial affordable housing dollars: $29 million

  The funding, said MPP Donna Skelly, will help streamline the system and address issues.

  Politics

  Apr 18, 2019
• Ottawa Community Housing set to build eco-inspired homes in Centretown West

  The first phase replaces 26 townhouse units from the Rochester Heights community that are at the end of their lives.

  Politics

  May 7, 2018
• TCHC should be decentralized, turned into non-profit: Task Force report

  A final report reviewing the inner workings of Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) has recommended the decentralization of the public housing agency and turning it into a non-profit organization to better managed residents needs.

  Politics

  Jan 26, 2016
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• Who will help bring Toronto subsidized housing units out of critical condition?

  Toronto Community Housing is at risk of boarding up 7,500 subsidized units and evicting thousands of families. Fifteen per cent of Toronto's 60,000 social housing units are in critical condition.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2015