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needed in york many in our communities may not realize that social housing is actually an issue ari that is going to become increasingly important as york- regions population both increases and ages over the next 20 years v sadlyfar too many people equate the concept of social or subsidized housing with lowrihcome nous- ingprojects there ispften ajbias against such developments as people shy away from having one of them locak f j ed near mekhome rare it seems is the neighbour- fiood which would welcome a coop or social hous- ing project residents become upset andworry about the wrong kind of people nioving in what they forget is that social housing covers a vwide range of projects for instance parkview village in stouffville is such a facility and its a beautiful complex for seniors in the community with a long waiting list of wouldbe residents the water street seniors residence in markham is another such example both these facilities provide housing for longtime i residents many the parents or- grandparents of the same peopjewho might oppose social housing in their neighbourhood 7 making the job of those who want to build social housing in the region even tougher are recent changes made by the province of ontario as it has t said many times beforethe provincial government is gerarigoutjpfthe social housing business at the sarhe dropped the bill for sociaf costs on to regional governments in yorkk case ttie humberework put badfyas mofethan half of jhe l 735 million we are obliged to i paygoes to toronto under provincial pooling rules vdiat leaves york residents onme short end of the stickwhen it comes to social housing l r robin campbell executive director of the ontario i nohprofit housing association saidthe greater toronto area is already seeing trie effects of a lack of social housing j were seeing increasedhomelessness and people j 7who are ndtableto stabilize their personal situa- i letters to the editor communism is dead y re article in the tuesday nov 10 stouffville tribune- entitled regions hunger will grow forurri told f z at f the york regions forum on hunger toronto food share spokesper- i have written to the- ontario federation of agriculture and it points out there is disagreement even among their members about the issue of the loss of farmland ive written to officials at the munici pal level and have not yet received an son debbie fields was reported as say acceptable response ingfuntil food is taken out of the gen eral marketplace and given universally those who need it hunger and malnu- vtrition will continue i t may comeas a surprise to fields that communism is dead fields complainsthe harris goyem- ment cuts to welfare were too much- i have written to the federal govern ment and have not received a response r isnt anyone concerned about the loss of our high qualityfarrhland a pre cious arid valuable natural resource jlsiwpriebe stouffville stunipeclpy tax bill fiasco f you happen to own a factory in york region you have an bppbr- tuhity to play the hottest hew j t street game three tax bill monte the way its played is the province i changes your tax bill- maybeitll go down maybe itll go up but no matter what you do its going up m see if you can follow this 11 the property taxreassessment ordered by the province caused many tax bills to increasesome by more than double v so the province brought in forcible tax relief clawing back money from those who got tax breaks arid using it toensure nobody was hit with a hike of more tharf 10 per centthis yean but to ensure your- town council didnt go raiding your home taxes to give a multinational corporation a break the legislation requires that money for industrial tax relief must coihe from the industrial tax pot but because there arent enough industries iri york region getting tax i breaks to balanceout those getting i huge tax increases tax breaks are i being clawed back at a rate of 1 1446 t per cent that meansif your factory was get- j ting a 1000 tax cut its now getting a 145 increase j but look onthe bright side i 3 r you may no longer be getting a tax cut but because your taxes arenow going up morethanlo per cent you qualify fqrtax relief fi r v that splat you hear is the sound of all the regions econornic develop- 3 1 y i- i i i i i i i i but the taxpayer is still forking out 5 i2 billion each year how much is enough thbune eajtohal ignorant helping those in heed is one thing ciij v -iu- but tf everyone is toget free food lid s- jirsday noyl mtotojipioirtjrffl 20000 a yeibnwelfewwho is going- itifled two sides have swiped officewmdowsm unison tn work fnrk firm snh navtayp p m battle was remarkable- 5 this brings up one important to wqrk tor v5uuy and pay taxes r l aviiai5o pay awij social benefits wederriarid ques- a infieldsutbpiawhowiupayforthe after descnbing genw iii crsijo mentofmepubhcregardmgmeworkisiwauothequesaonis whodow ing conditiqns of teachersyqu point i oiamef w i we the near future acharige in attitude woiuld help what 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