New affordable housing opened.

Peel Youth Village was officially opened in Mississauga, ON. Operated by the YMCA of Greater Toronto, it will provide transitional housing and supports for homeless youth, as well as programs and recreational activities for the surrounding Acom Place community. Peel Youth Village is a four-storey residential project designed to house and assist 48 youths aged 16 to 30. Peel Youth Village will provide young people with supports to help them move from the street to stability. Under the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program the federal government contributed $1,197,559 and Ontario gave $658,000. The Region of Peel provided $426,024 through grants in lieu of property taxes and land donations.

Eighteen units for modest and low-income families opened in Saint-Eustache, Qc. The project received $1.6 million, $1,107,651 from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Societe d'habitation du Quebec (50% each) private and community partners. The municipality of Saint-Eustache, provided $229,500. The other costs are being assumed by the Saint-Eustache Municipal Housing Bureau, through a mortgage loan secured by the SHQ. Half of the residents of the housing project will be assisted by Rent Supplement program, which provides financial assistance to low-income individuals who would otherwise have to spend more than 25% of their income on housing.

Cooperative d'habitation Omega opened 18 units in the borough of La Haute-Saint-Charles, in Quebec City. Construction of this housing project cost more than $1.9 million, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation provided $676,350, and the Societe d'habitation du Quebec contributed $405,810. Quebec City provided a sum of $270,540. Other costs are being assumed by the Cooperative d'habitation Omega, in particular through a mortgage loan secured by the SHQ.