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: SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE ‘HOUSING IN HALTON = MAJOR INVESTMENT = COMES AS WELCOME | NEWS, WRITES GARY CARR GARY CARR Column A federal and provincial funding investment of ae to $5 million is sup- porting regional efforts to create more affordable housing in Halton. This funding has been provided through a com- bined investment | between the Canada-Ontario Co! munity Housing initiative, Ontario Priorities Hous- ing! initiative, Social Infra- re Fund and the In- seatinent in Affordable Housing Extension, along with supplemental fund- ing from Halton Region. Tl i has sup- ported the development of the Catherton Charitable Foundation project in Mil- ton, a 83-1 unit infill develop- ment containing 34units of: assisted housing. In fact, gram (HRAP) has meant the region will be support- ing 21 of these 34 units, to achieve deeper affordabili- ty for clients housed through Halton Access to Community Housing (HATCH). The rent for the assisted housing units will be main- tained at 80 per cent of the erage € market rent rates. for at 8 least 20 years. 8 The units themselves § have been made ava 3 to qualified altos ae 2 “By supporting safe, affordable and accessible housing, we keep Halton a great place to live, work, raise a family and retire.” dents of all ages, and we currently have full occu- pancy, which speaks to the need for more projects like this one in our community. levelopment is one example of initiatives with our Comprehensive Hous- ing Strategy that aims to build iti and TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT INSIDEHALTON.COM create housing that meets the needs ofallresidents by This is supported bya a multi-year financial pl that includes $107 ‘nillion regional investment in social infrastructure. ton continues to in- vest significantly in hous- ing, and advocate to all lev- table funding. These strongpart. nerships are critical in ad- dressing the housing chal- lenges as our co! unity continues to gro’ arn more about community housing Halton, please access the Comprehensive Housing Strategy 2014-2024 and visit Advocating for a Strong Halton at halton.ca. By supporting safe, af- fordable and accessible housing, we keep Halton a great place to live, work, raise a family and retire. Gary Carr is regional chair of Halton Region. To tact him, email cary. carr@halton.ca. A FINANCIAL STRATEGY FOR One of the strengths of humans is our ability to change. But that is often very difficult. Look ahead at the bene- fits of making changes that will most likely outweigh the hesitancy for making the decision to change. sider this example. ie couple hasa pattern of going out for dinner fre- quently and taking the odd impulse trip to New York ‘ity. 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