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k 1t f- eeanomistsuhrtribiine regional news saturday sept 2 2000 from page 1 riity to move toward some good preven- tion for the homeless in york region committee member monica auerbach explained following the meeting an executive director of transitional and supportive housing services the orga nization operates shelters for families and men in newmarket if responds to our problems and the recommendations are reasonable education is one of the mostjmportant things we have as well as action and response we have to keep reminding people of the problems because our shelters are overflowing every single night it is a york region problem and this report is a york region solution not a toronto one said auerbach the report said new residentialpro jects should be evenly split between detached homes and semidetached and row houses as well as apartment complexes especially since a growing lowincome and shrinking medium- income groups- will increase the demand for affordable housing so too will an aging population as the average household size declines to 291 people from 33 1- residents in 1996 however vaughan regional councillor- michael dibiase expressed concern with a report promoting the hugeneed for rental housing units insisting the demand for larger homes in his municipality outweighs the need for smaller dwellings its all about supplyand demand and ama little bit leery to go ahead and approve a general policy across york region when the needs of different municipalities must be addressed warned di biase the city of vaughan has a number of draft plans that have come back from builders and there is no demand for semi units and apartments i wouldnt ring all oyer witness said from page 1- siori the collision was of such intensity parts of both vehicles were flying all over the place headlights were flying fluids were leaking there was smbkeand clouds qfdust it was horrible 7- lam was to appear before a bail court r judge late thursday and staffsgt al ledger said police would be looking for strict conditions such asgiving up his passportarid drivers licence if he was released pikes longtime friend serena leggo- was relieved to hear of the arrest finally she said it feels like a long long time its been three months and its not getting any easier its only slowly sinking inthatiwont ever see her again leggohas collected more than 300 signatures she hopes will convince york region politicians to install traffic signals i- or some other traffic calrnihgmeasures to make thearea woodbine avenue between 14th andesha park drive safer she and friends have wit- v nessed several collisions in the same area and believes something must be done v whatever can be done i dont really care what had there been one safety measure in place at jhat plaza she may v have been involved in the collision but she may have survived liiggo said want to see a policy come from the plan ning department that states all of a sud den we need a 50 per cent ratio when there is no market for it but in a presentation to the commit tee regional planner brian dick told members a quick glance at york regions official plan underscores the reality that the demands for affordable housing units are riot being met the official plan is for 1000 units every year but we are not providing any he said production of rental and apartment units areyery poor housing is a growing concern for york region employers and new employees are becoming harder to attract incentives are how being used to draw applicants to york region jobs such as bonuses stock options from hightech companies- travel expenses and road tolls for hwy 407 the causes of hbmelessness mean while are rarely simple some people are affected by health problems aria the inability to find their rolein society while others may have recently been discharged from institu tions- someare youth or women suffer ing from abuse and families with at least one person working are still ending up in shelters the series of recommendations include developing a regional policy that allows nonprofit housing develop ments tobe waived from paying devel opment charges waiving or deferring municipal taxes related to the development or re- development for lowincome housing developing a housingfirst policy for use of regional arid municipal- owned lands i the region acknowledging that sec ond suites or basement apartments form an importantcofnponent of rental housing and local bylaws should be amended to make them legal- the establishment of a housing trust fund to help meet the regions affordable housing needs improving the service infrastruc ture for homeless people by assisting those in the transition fromhomeless- riess to permanent housing initiate vol unteer trainirigand management ses sions to provide support to the home- less and regional council approving 5000 to support a communitydriven public education program on the plight of the homeless reviewing emergency and other shelter facilities developing a regional youth strate- gy to help prevent teenage hofneless- ness weare fortunate that this problem is not as serious as it is in some of the other regions pointed outmarkham regional councillor tony wong chair person of the homelessness task force it is important to deal with it now before it gets worse unanimously approved in principle minor revisions will be made to the draft report before it is sent to regional coun cil on sept 28 for a final vote go for your personal goal r n goodlife fitness supports canadas national rowing team canadas national rowing team members train at goodlife fitness join now support canadas rowers and yourself goodlife fitness will donate a portion of septembers proceeds from all new memberships to support our national rowing team pat robinson inc trustee inbkruptcy call for djreepersonlldiscussion help with creditor problems proposal to creditors personal business bankruptcy financial counselling richmond hill 9555 yonge sl 401 avrdtak 905 509493 aurora hms yonge st 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