Tag: affordable housing
Proposed housing project combines tiny homes, on-site support
A 40-unit affordable housing development with outdoor amenities and on-site support for residents is proposed for a vacant property near downtown St. Thomas. YWCA St. Thomas-Elgin is partnering with Sanctuary Homes and Doug Tarry Homes to bring more affordable housing options to St. Thomas, pitching a community of mixed-use homes for 21 Kains St., according […]
‘Like a dream’: New affordable housing unit helps family get start
Javier Castro remembers taking a bus to a construction site on Base Line Road West to see his future home after arriving in London last winter.
London’s newest supportive housing complex welcomes first tenants
It used to be the Embassy Hotel, the landmark music venue. Now, the east London site on Dundas Street is known as the Embassy Commons, a 72-unit apartment building dedicated to housing vulnerable Londoners.
‘Absolute disaster’: Tenants’ group fights proposed provincial housing law
The London chapter of a national tenants’ group is raising the alarm over the province’s proposed legislation to accelerate home construction in Ontario, saying the yet-to-be-passed bill will slow the creation and reduce the city’s affordable units stock.
Glassworks housing proponents respond to city council concerns
A proponent of a different kind of affordable housing project, on industrial or “employment” land which needs city permission to rezone, asked city council for help to “surmount the red tape.” Kelsey Carrierre, president of Glassworks Cooperative, filled in councillors on the group’s development concept. She appeared Monday, at the last meeting of the current […]
City hall contributing $4M to downtown Joan’s Place housing, youth hub
An affordable housing project and support hub for youth and young families got a massive boost Monday – a $4-million contribution from city hall to bring the total raised so far beyond $10 million.
London’s affordable housing plan: 400 done, 1,700 in the works, 850 to go
London’s outgoing city council, just two weeks left in its term, pledged to create 3,000 new affordable housing units by 2026. The new council will be now be left to carry on.
Food bank eyes trail-blazing pact with huge affordable housing project
Plans for a unique partnership between builders and the London Food Bank to improve the lives of tenants in the city’s largest affordable housing project are almost nailed down.
Wilson: Teetering between home and homeless
Long-term renters evicted during housing boom face homelessness
Everything you need to know about SoHo affordable housing mega-plan
The $2-million property sale now complete, work will soon begin on a massive new affordable housing project in London on land that used to house the old Victoria Hospital.