Tag: affordable housing
A lesson in land buying: Old schools, new life as redeveloped properties
London city hall has purchased the former Fairmont elementary school, closed by the Thames Valley District school board in 2022, for $5.96 million. It is one of several closed schools that have been purchased and found new life in recent years. Reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at the process and how it came to […]
Dancor Construction has bought 100 acres (40 hectares) of land at Highbury Avenue and Green Valley road, just south of Wilton Grove Road, wanting to build on it for two industrial customers, including
A massive new industrial development may rise in south London, after the developer pledged support for affordable housing.
London’s home-building sector sags, but there is one bright spot: New figures
A downturn in London’s home-building sector last year did have one bright spot – city hall’s progress on affordable housing.
City looks to revive program to get homeless into housing, at cost of $4.5M
More than three years after a pilot program started, city housing staff are looking for $4.5 million to dust off a program that helped pay rent for homeless Londoners. One proposal in the 2024-27 draft budget calls for the permanent reintroduction of a revamped head lease program, where the city takes on the lease for […]
Baranyai: Much work needed to make housing market more fair
To borrow a pre-digital aphorism, maps are drawn in pencil, not in ink.