London Free Press

$12M target: London city hall cashes in on Doug Ford’s housing push

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Queen’s Park is giving London nearly $12 million for meeting its housing targets for last year, but acknowledges changes to the housing incentive program may be needed amid bleak construction forecasts. Premier Doug Ford and Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Rob Flack, the province’s municipal affairs minister, announced the cash infusion atop city hall on Monday, awarding the […]

London Free Press

City council backs homebuyer loan program over affordable housing push

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City council is going to bat for would-be homeowners, applauding a forgivable loan program for down payments and swiftly defeating a push to steer funding toward affordable housing. Politicians threw their support behind the revival of a Queen’s Park and Ottawa-funded, city-stewarded program that would provide some London renters a 20-year forgivable loan up to […]