Edmonton plans thousands of affordable homes

音响神仙鱼

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Edmonton plans thousands of affordable homes
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 | 11:02 AM MT
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An 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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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.
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( R, x$ W- w2 n& r! m( hThe $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.

"I'm hoping that we can really start adding to the affordable housing, transition housing and supportive housing infrastructure in our community," he said.
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/ b% L6 _- ~' z7 f1 pIn the past, most people stayed at the YMCA for a few days or weeks until they could get established. Now they remain for months.

. y' w) @2 Z2 S" A7 j"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.
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City officials hope some of the new affordable housing units will be ready in as soon as 18 months.

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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) w' H. a+ k- t1 F"It's going to take time — this is not an overnight solution by any means — but I think we are making good progress."

BaiLing

demand still more than supply

音响神仙鱼

原帖由 BaiLing 于 2007-6-20 12:39 发表
demand still more than supply

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You are right, it is just to help some extremely hopeless homeless people. I believe not many of us want to live in that kind of "affordable houses" and neighbourhood.

gstudy

原帖由 音响神仙鱼 于 2007-6-20 12:16 发表
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) v6 F- }8 o! P* q. v& m% JEdmonton plans thousands of affordable homes
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$ s  e0 z1 u; pAn ambitiou ...

If you look at the waiting list then you will not be happy at all.

牛眼熊心

4000个units 到2010年完成. 也就是说一年1000多个. 而且注意," providing everything from new apartment units to basement suites and mobile homes," "is welcome news for an advocate for the poor"............................好象很多是为homeless or poor准备的.

可以断定: 这项目对中国新老移民没有很大帮助, 只是隔壁家里开饭, 让你闻闻香而已.

音响神仙鱼

原帖由 dgg 于 2007-6-20 14:34 发表
4000个units 到2010年完成. 也就是说一年1000多个. 而且注意," providing everything from new apartment units to basement suites and mobile homes," "is welcome news for an advocate for the poor"...... ...

surely it's not for most of us. how smart our government is!

gstudy

原帖由 dgg 于 2007-6-20 14:34 发表
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) |2 y9 t0 A8 y* R7 r$ X我们大多数是按照技术移民被接纳的，这就意味着政府认为你在这个国家能自食其力，自己生存。廉价房屋当然没有考虑咱们的需要啦。