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Small Condos Rise in Popularity

Feb 21, 2010 14:10 -

It is not really news that condos in Canada’s downtown urban areas are often bought by young, single professionals. City councils in several cities have struggled to persuade developers to add multi-family units to their buildings. And the developers point out that families don’t want condos.
The problem with marketing condos almost exclusively to young professionals [...]

Steps Taken on the Ross School

Dec 10, 2009 7:23 -

On Monday, December 7th, during the executive committee meeting, councillors and the mayor received a report from the engineering department regarding the process that is required to submit the Ross School building for government funding consideration as an affordable housing project.
The problem that has been brought up is that Moose Jaw does not actually own [...]

RBC Economics: Atlantic Canada Ranks Among the Most Affordable

Nov 27, 2009 11:53 -

Atlantic Canada continues to have the most affordable housing markets in Canada, after experiencing relatively modest increases in homeownership costs during the 3rd quarter noted the latest quarterly housing report released on November 25th, 2009 by RBC Economics.
The RBC Affordability measure for Atlantic Canada captures the proportion of pre-tax household income needed to service the [...]

Lack of Affordable Housing a Problem for Moose Jaw

Nov 5, 2009 10:00 -

With the recent news of four apartment buildings in the city of Moose Jaw being sold to a new landlord, who is going to raise rates considerable is bad news for many people.
As it stands, the speculation is that the rate hike is being done to urge the tenants to move elsewhere, so the building [...]

British Columbia Partnership for Social Housing Renovations

Oct 17, 2009 5:46 -

The Government of Canada and Government of British Columbia have announced on October 14th 101 renovation and retrofit projects totalling $177 million. This is cost shared under the Housing Renovation Partnership, a jointly funded program to renovate and retrofit social housing over the next two years; this will be creating an estimated 1,130 jobs.
Federal funding [...]

Affordable Housing Awareness Pushed Forward

Oct 9, 2009 6:55 -

Moose Jaw’s Ernie Penney is running for Mayor, and one of the major discussions included in his platform was increasing affordable housing.
On Thursday evening, Moose Jaw mayoral candidate Ernie Penney spoke to a 27 person crown, outlining his campaign platform for the 2009 municipal election.
As I said above, Penney made it clear that an issue [...]

Construction Phase of Whitehorse Affordable Family Housing Project Launched

Oct 2, 2009 6:13 -

On September 25th, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and the Yukon Housing Corporation launched the construction phase of a Whitehouse Affordable Family Housing project.
There is an $8.5 million federal contribution to the project through Canada’s Economic Action Plan (CEAP); the government plans on stimulating the economy and create jobs during the global recession.
Recognizing the [...]

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