Social housing is back in Ontario.TORONTO Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing -- Social housing is back in Ontario! For the first time in a decade the provincial and federal governments have taken steps to develop a sizeable number of new affordable housing. More than 2,300 new affordable housing units will be created in Ontario municipalities supported by the $56 million under the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program. Prime Minister Paul Martin told community activists in Montreal that the federal Liberal election platform will include a five-year plan Five-Year Plan, Soviet economic practice of planning to augment agricultural and industrial output by designated quotas for a limited period of usually five years. to fund affordable housing, a departure from a decade of government policy. The funding in Ontario includes $41.8 million for 26 pilot projects located in eight municipalities; $13.2 million allocated for affordable housing in four municipalities; and $1.0 million for the repair and renovation of housing in northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it . The Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Agreement is a five-year commitment that combines $245 million in Government of Canada The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada. In modern Canadian use, the term "government" (or "federal government") refers broadly to the cabinet of the day and funding with matching contributions Matching Contribution A type of contribution an employer chooses to make to his or her employee's employer-sponsored retirement plan. The contribution is based on elective deferral contributions made by the employee. from the Government of Ontario The Government of Ontario refers to the provincial government of the province of Ontario. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867. In modern Canadian use, the term "government" refers broadly to the cabinet of the day, elected from the Legislative , municipalities and other private and non-profit partners. The federal allocations under the Canada-Ontario agreement include: (amount, number of units, city, sponsor, etc) * $1.43 million, 53-unit project in Toronto, Newtonbrook United Church and the Taiwanese United Church of Toronto Non-Profit Homes Corporation, for lower income senior citizens, families with children, and single persons, approximately 40 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $7 million, 264-unit project in Toronto, BG Schickedanz for lower income senior citizens, families with children, and single persons. * $837,000, 31-unit project in Toronto Bellwoods Centre, for disabled persons. All of the tenants will pay rent geared to income. * $5.2 million for a 193-unit project in Toronto, Medallion Property Incorporated for lower income senior citizens, families with children, and single persons. Approximately 40 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $729,000, 27-unit project in Toronto, St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society for disabled persons. All of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $216,000 for an 8-unit project in Toronto.sponsored by Urban Habitat. The units will be occupied by families and single persons. * $324,000, 12-unit project in Toronto, Aykler and Co. The units will be occupied by lower income single persons. * $6.2 million, a 232-unit project in Toronto. Verdiroc, for lower income families with children, and single persons. Approximately 25 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $2.2 million, 83-unit project in Toronto, Remington for lower income families with children, and single persons. * $2.43 million, 90-unit project in London, Homes Unlimited for lower income tenants. Approximately, 50 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $324,000, 12-unit project London, Affordable Housing Foundation, for lower income families. All of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $1.62 million, 60-unit project in Vaughan sponsored by the municipal non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. of the Regional Municipality A Regional Municipality (or Region) is a type of Canadian municipal government similar to and at the same municipal government level as a county, although the specific structure and servicing responsibilities may vary from place to place. of York York, former name of Toronto, Canada York, Ont.: see Toronto, Ont., Canada. York, city, England York, city (1991 pop. 123,126) and district, North Yorkshire, N England, at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss rivers. , for lower income senior citizens; approximately 40 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to income. * $1.56 million, 58-unit project in Newmarket Newmarket, town (1991 pop. 15,861), Suffolk, E England. It has been a horse-racing center since early in the 17th cent. There are four principal races: the One Thousand Guineas, the Two Thousand Guineas, the Cambridgeshire, and the Cesarewitch. , the municipal non-profit organization of the Regional Municipality of York, for lower income seniors. Approximately 90 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $918,000, 34-unit project in Hamilton Hamilton, city, Bermuda Hamilton, city (1990 est. pop. 3,100), capital of Bermuda, on Bermuda Island. It is a port at the head of Great Sound, a huge lagoon and deepwater harbor protected by coral reefs. , Hamilton Housing Corporation, for lower income senior citizens and single persons. Approximately 50 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $702,000, 26-unit project, Hamilton, St. Elizabeth Homes, for lower income senior citizens, all of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $189,000, 7-unit project in Guelph, Guelph Unit 344 of the Army, Navy and Air Force in Canada, Matrix Affordable Homes for the Disadvantaged This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. Inc, for lower income senior citizens and single persons. Approximately 30 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $891,000, 33-unit project in Guelph, the municipal non-profit organization of the City of Guelph, for lower income tenants. Approximately 50 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $270,000, 10-unit project in Arthur, Matrix Affordable Homes for the Disadvantaged Inc. for lower income tenants. Approximately 50 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $1 million, 44-unit project in Guelph, non-profit organization 805395 Ontario Ltd. for lower income tenants. Approximately 50 per cent of the tenants will pay rent geared to their income. * $1.3 million, 50-unit project in Peterborough sponsored by the municipal non-profit organization of the City of Peterborough. The units will be occupied by lower income tenants." * $110,000, 6-unit project in Kingston, Elizabeth Fry Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney; 21 May 1780 – 12 October 1845) was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist. Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to make the treatment prisoners more humane, and she was Society for lower income families and single persons. * $347,000, 14-unit project in Kingston Home Base Housing for lower income single persons. * $1.4 million, 85 units of a 110-unit project in Kingston, P. Martin Construction, and the units for lower income families. * $1 million, 136-unit project in Mississauga, municipal non-profit organization of Peel Region Peel Region may refer to:
* $408,000, 48-unit project in Mississauga, municipal non-profit organization of Peel Region, for lower income single persons. * $2.9 million, 200-unit project in Brampton, municipal non-profit organization of Peel Region, for lower income senior citizens and single persons. Allocation The apportionment or designation of an item for a specific purpose or to a particular place. In the law of trusts, the allocation of cash dividends earned by a stock that makes up the principal of a trust for a beneficiary usually means that the dividends will be treated as to cities: * $3.78 million, to the City of Windsor for the construction of up to 140 units of affordable housing. * $4.05 million to the Region of Niagara for the construction of up to 150 units of affordable housing. * $2.7 million to the City of Brantford for the construction of up to 100 units of affordable housing. * $2.7 million to the City of Stratford for the construction of up to 100 units of affordable housing. Affordable Housing Remote Allocation * $1 million to the Frontiers Foundation, for the renovation, rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. or replacement of housing in Northern Ontario. 416-325-1657 |
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