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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 2001
Page
3
Canadians face dwindling rental options across major cities as federal and provincial efforts unfold. Alberta assesses a $67 million slice of a $680 million affordable housing program while local MHCHS coordinates funding and plans for temporary housing amid rising rents in Medicine Hat.
Cheryl May Thorson says about 10 percent of Food Bank clients were service workers or minimum wage earners, with rent pressures rising. The group foresees more employed users in 2002 and plans to hire a full time housing coordinator to craft action plans, revitalize downtown, and assist with council rezoning and funding efforts.
Wilde urges community help to fund dreams while Mayor Vallely says sessions with private developers will shape rental housing in the new year. The Right To Ownership plan would let families buy homes with the city supplying land via a community land trust, reducing housing costs by separating land from houses. The province funds subsidized housing at 86 million annually, with Medicine Hat receiving 868 thousand and aiding about 1,000 people monthly. no extra spring funding is planned.
The Hento family, uprooted from their Hull Crescent N.E. rental on December 6 by a fire, struggles to find a three bedroom home within a 700 dollar monthly budget. Jerry works at Albert's Flooring, Shez at Sears, and with two children and a small dog, they face limited options and a tight market in Medicine Hat. They remain with relatives while hunting, hoping for affordable housing and safer stairs for the kids.
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