Kingston Housing

• Kingston, Ont. residents frustrated by new project’s lack of public meeting

  This week city council voted down the opportunity for public input regarding the six-storey residential building slated for the University District.

  Politics

  Oct 5, 2023
  
• Kingston, Ont. transitional home for unhoused Indigenous peoples opens

  The city of Kingston's new transitional home for unhoused Indigenous people has opened. The 19-unit building will also provide traditional Indigenous programming for residents.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 14, 2022
  
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• Kingston, Ont. home price increase creates challenges for first-time buyers

  Kingston, Ont. home prices have increased more than anywhere else in the country, causing additional challenges for first-time home buyers in the region.

  Money

  Feb 17, 2022
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• Major residential development planned for Kingston’s Frontenac Mall

  Kingston’s Frontenac Mall is poised for a major transformation that would involve most of the sprawling commercial property at 1300 Bath Rd. converted into residential apartments.

  Politics

  Jan 11, 2022
• A Kingston woman says living at a KFHC building is impacting her well-being

  Helen Belmore says dealing with people sleeping in halls, stairwells and doing drugs is part of her daily experience while living at 381 Bagot St.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2021
• Capitol condo project returns to Kingston city hall for crucial vote

  IN8 Developments, the company behind the project at 223 Princess St., is pitching its downsized project as a 'pretty good compromise' and it has the support of city planners.

  Politics

  Sep 17, 2020
• Kingston homeless man describes pandemic experience: ‘I just want a place to call my own’

  Government officials have urged the public to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but what if you don't have a permanent place to call home?

  Health

  Apr 24, 2020
• ‘It’s gone’: Picton, Ont. family says they lost over $4,000 to an online rental scam

  A Picton family hoping to move back to Kingston say they were the victims of an online fraud that resulted in the loss of a $4,200 deposit.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2020
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• Mayor’s task force lays out potential solutions to Kingston’s chronic housing shortage

  Kingston’s rental vacancy rate may have crept higher, but the city remains mired in a chronic shortage of affordable rental units – a point driven home in a new report to council.

  Economy

  Feb 28, 2020
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• Kingston neighbours upset with revised housing next to landmark church

  A revised housing plan next to a former church in Kingston's Portsmouth Village has upset neighbours who say the new units change the character of the area.

  Politics

  Jan 6, 2020