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# E5 i* M0 T9 a: M; O1 } @$ Z! r8 aEdmonton plans thousands of affordable homes
/ M7 K0 Z( I( P( c MLast Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 | 11:02 AM MT * h. o. u* J. ?8 A% s% S
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# t# [5 q4 d3 J( `' g nAn ambitious city plan to build almost 4,000 new units of affordable housing in Edmonton over the next three years is welcome news for an advocate for the poor.
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0 P2 [$ F, A8 _& l+ |Cam McDonald, a spokesman with the YMCA, said demand is brisk these days for the organization's simple accommodations, which have become home to hundreds of people.' M0 U5 s0 w- Z' ^
4 g7 z: j2 D2 @1 Q3 qThe $170 million project, approved Tuesday by city council, could lighten that load by providing everything from new apartment units to basement suites and mobile homes, he said. - a& M$ Z9 a( t+ W$ H5 E
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"I'm hoping that we can really start adding to the affordable housing, transition housing and supportive housing infrastructure in our community," he said.' M- h5 m |) d0 J
' t! I. Z2 d5 J8 }' Z6 kIn the past, most people stayed at the YMCA for a few days or weeks until they could get established. Now they remain for months.
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"I did find a job within the first couple of days, but it's very difficult to find a place to live," said Darlene LePage, who moved from Montreal with her daughter to make a better life in boom-time Alberta., C% B Q! U9 Z8 y. ^) s
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City officials hope some of the new affordable housing units will be ready in as soon as 18 months., h! ~% d& X, T# P# a+ | t @
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But McDonald said the work will have to continue for five or even 10 years if Edmonton is going to meet the needs of those who can't find affordable housing.
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"It's going to take time — this is not an overnight solution by any means — but I think we are making good progress." |
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