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is i i i 28 stouffvihe suntribune thursday sept 132007 affordable housing issue under spotlight jane wedlock york region alliance to end homelessness coordinator says governments role in providing affordable housing will be debated savings for the home by david fleischer staff writer up here in booming york region affordable housing continues to be an issue many ignore or simply dont know about according to a group trying to change that fact on sept 13 the york region alliance to end homelessness will be trying to engage the public to get involved with a special forum at the richmond hill united church housing is under the radar for lots of people and yet its a huge issue said alliance public education coordi nator jane wedlock the goal of the forum is to involve the public and six local agencies will be there to answer your questions we want to give folks a chance to listen but also to talk to each other ms wedlock said york regions director of housing services sylvia patterson and 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habitat for humanity but wanted to take this opportunity to step forward more boldly there are currently nearly 5500 peo ple on the waiting list for social hous ing in york region and richmond hill has the longest list of any municipality ms wedlock said richmond hill is also about to undertake a review of its official plan presenting a unique opportunity to confront and hopefully resolve housing issues she added awareness remains one of the biggest obstacles to getting people involved our communities dont see them selves as having low income families said ms wedlock but she added people want to have a sense of what is going on in their com munity ms wedlock cited a recent study by the pembina institute that ranked york regions diversity of housing placement as 27th out of 27 ontario communities as proof of how acute the problem is we want to have communities that are welcoming she said we want healthy communities for everybody the forum its about people taking action to increase affordable housing in richmond hill takes place sept 13 at richmond hill united church at 10201 yonge st displays will open and refresh ments will be available at 630 pm with the forum beginning at 7 pm tmatmmmssss community organizations are you looking for free materials check out reuseful yorkregioncoms free online trading post for gently used items pyorkregion com it clicks home 1 he get your favourite classified ad categories the quick way via rss feeds see how simple they are to set up on your computer and tap in for updates as often as you want without even opening your browser the following categories are now available apartments for rent articles for sale general help wanted cars for sale yard and garage sales yorkregion com it clicks home