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And as a community. wv sufler as a result. ()ur series was not a campaign pushjng‘for more social htmsing. linked. mom subsi- dized and mm glared-u)- income housing is par! of our solution. but [how arr many mon- pious [waded to complete the aflunt able housing punk. \Mml wv mud am homes suitable in! a variety of 'uxnmvs. inchxfing couples who work decent jobs how. but haw to liw The average mm of a detached homo hum now tops 57(1)!!!) Mth the average ( )mariem pulling in just more than $47,000 last war hofnm taxes and dodm‘tinnx how is Ymt chkm affurdaNe? Many “m enter our market am putting thcnm-M-s in lwriL hanging on by their as they spend a vast amount of their mks-htan pay an housing. Almost one In three York Region househokk spent ii) pm (I‘m m mum of their incumos on housing in Ztlli. mmpamd to 32.6 per cent in 2“)! . According to the region. I35 ‘l-mâ€"J;i:" M W per um! spend 70 per arm at thou imomes on homing If 'mlcmst BOTTOM UNI“; Rind-Mm rates soar. a In! of our neighbour's i m" u m" an: in trouble. . . . We do,“ an need “-510” an Indus!" “am of our children ISSI Ii A}? (um BLUE Rusch /\ NION Toronto’s housing stock is almost evenly divided between rt-ntal units and «mned homes. at Mi per (I'm to 54 per cent. R‘SPOC- tivcfyl “110mm 88 per cent of homes in York Region an: (M1K’d and just 12 per rent an: "finals. The \acancv rate here howls around the l-pvr-u'm mark. conuxm‘d m the 3-pet-(‘l'm target experts say indicates a healthy n-nml market dt-ladwd brick hmncs on Imeâ€" lined swat-(s. What we need is a grcatcr mix of dcvclopncm. inducfing more "mud unity; Alkrwing and mgulaung aura- snry (M‘llingCâ€"-- basement apan run-an in "mm municipalities \muld mum-r our rmtal stockpile 50. mo. vmuld cmnwag'mg devol- opvrs [0 build mum apartmt'm buildings and walla! units as mentioned in last week's stun: lnr this In happen. Wl‘ dnn'l just need bricks and monax. We also need an attitude adth Mention aflnrdahk- homing and many are quick to jump to the storm)!pr of urban slums filled with wulfan- dusts and hardened criminals rmm fmm some [1‘1ka Human-5 th‘m So does the NIMBY-fuelkd nmkm In Richmond Hill's planned Hub dewbpmem. appmved by councillors during a mmminoc meeting this week When bum. Richmond Hal's Huh m’ll indudv a 202nm! m lxod â€" mumw housing mmpk‘x. a nun merrial I soda! enterprise \[NKI‘ and .1 mngc of wrviu-s fut y mth. such ax enx'rgenq and transitional housing and dropâ€"m u-nlm When we talk about the heed fol dfluruabk- housing. min: talk- ing all ml places to live for yum kids and your parents. ll '5 a shim: 1g cxmnple of Mm “1‘ need. And for York Wm tn boumw that whole. 'uxlm'tw unnmunity we all we all need to angular th'm LETTER OF THE WEEK What's in a name? Bradford \Mast Gwil- limbury. Plymptonâ€"Wyom'mg and (Jar- encc- Huckland. together with Whitchumh- Stouffvinc, am the only hyphenated com- munities left in Ontario. Moreover. Elizabeth Simcoe's maiden name. (iwillim, continues to be honoured in the m‘arby mmmuniucs of East and West ( Millimbury. Time to revisit our hyphenated ' name, Whitchurch-Stouffville Whitehurch was the hometown n! 1.1, Gov. kmn Graves Simcoe's wife. both. Wuuld she be forgmten if we were ('flllt‘d "Sluufivfib"? I doubt it; our town crest prvwrvm that link the UM ’ltmnship of Wimchutch includ- ed the communities of Vandorf. Musffielman's lake and I3 od‘terWhilchurch' mummo hamlets. AdminPdly, hyphenated names are a mouthful and difficult to brand â€" and I should knnw. my students typically call me “Dr Amold” and take a pass on the hyphen- ated last name. l listum‘afly the community of Stouffvflk: its wvllus (kmnk'y and Ringmm. strad- dch the old 'Ikmnships of Whilchumh and Markham within York (Bounty. l'uday, van-h as well represented with attractiw signage, heritage buildings and through our museum â€" as they should be. But thv population in these hamlets will We appreciate mm' food donation and monetary gift given from the gener- ous hearts of this caring community. Our thanks [0 Mavm Wayne limmerson > We extend our deepest gratitude to 1116 Sun-1H- bune for the coverage and publicity for our food drive last weekend. because you cared Food drive succeeded HAVE YOUR SAY, GENERAL MANAGER lolm Willc'ms PUBLISHER [an Proudfoot lsflmnanissmaboutmwumpusionm? VouelnudbeaSttumnFormncmhihutotandoet «mummmmmm ywrmmmms-mnmaso-mm» missionhhnmn©yrmgm (me to wntwm? fnr his continuing support. the firefighters for their mlumm'red time. the stu- Missouaur/oflms? EMWM DWGOMMd STDUFFVILLE Sometimes less is indeed more. We may be in good company with Plympton-Wyo- ming and (Jarence-erkland. but let's do our town's economic development officer a favour â€" perhaps in the context of the upcoming municipal election ~â€" and w- visit our official name. 111e'oommunity Stouffville. hwevet. is mandated to add another 20,009 people by203| andmetown'tsfomcastingan 9.000 jobs on already designated employment launch 5mm needs [0' do the heavy lifting on bduflofmewtmlewwntoattmct busi- ness. Banding would be easier mth one When Markham was amalgamated with Unionville. 'Ihomhifl and Bunnnvifle among other communities in 1972, residents “bit the bullei" and settled on a sings mum. Whitchurch-Stouffville and {Eradford West Gwillimbury (both created by the province on the same day in 1971) avoided the tough political dechion. hm: Newspapers of both towns, dong with other businesses, pmgmatically chose :0 reject the adoption of the hyphenated names of their wvms. Over time. many ":51- dcms have as Well. ' decline in the coming years. acmrding to szifiirribune 6290Ma|nSL Stouflvllefifl. LM 167 ARNOLD NEUFELDFFAST wummm HA1!!! 'Hvuu dents for their participatmn and Stouf’fvilk‘ limrla fur the pick-up trucks used to transport the food. now can share with those who have m: a rough patch. ‘ Thank you one and all MARION WEUS ("()»()RI)I.V4T( )R WHY“ Hl'Rt H \"N TH H 1.5 HMI‘HAAK It was a gim'ious example of the wonderful commu- nity whére we live . “’8