Affordable Housing in City of Kingston, County of Lanark

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SMITHS FALLS — The Ontario government is providing over $2.4 million through the Social Services Relief Fund (SSRF) to help create 34 supportive housing units in Kingston, and six transitional housing units in Perth that will support individuals and families that have experienced domestic violence or abuse. The funding will also support two affordable housing units in Smiths Falls. “Our …

Affordable Housing in City of Kingston, County of Lanark

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SMITHS FALLS — The Ontario government is providing over $2.4 million through the Social Services Relief Fund (SSRF) to help create 34 supportive housing units in Kingston, and six transitional housing units in Perth that will support individuals and families that have experienced domestic violence or abuse. The funding will also support two affordable housing units in Smiths Falls. “Our …

Ontario Provides Flooding Recovery Support To Township of Warwick 

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Warwick – The Ontario government is providing the Township of Warwick with up to $97,725 in provincial disaster recovery funding, to help the municipality with costs related to restoring services and repairing infrastructure damaged due to flooding in August 2023. This financial support is being provided through the Municipal Disaster Recovery Assistance (MDRA) program. On August 23, 2023, the Township of Warwick experienced a …

Building Affordable Housing in Northwestern Ontario

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Ontario – The Ontario government is providing nearly $1.7 million to help create 30 affordable units in Marathon, and more than $1.1 million in additional funding to help create six supportive housing beds and a warming centre in Fort Frances. “We are working with our partners to get more community, affordable and supportive housing built across all parts of the …

Investing $400M in Roads, Bridges to Enable More Homes

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OTTAWA — Beginning tomorrow, August 21, the Ontario government will be accepting applications for funding under the $400 million Housing-Enabling Core Servicing stream of the $1 billion Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program to build, maintain, and repair core assets such as municipal roads, bridges and culverts that will support the construction of new homes. Of the $400 million, the government is allocating another $120 million to …

Ontario’s Water Infrastructure Investments Helping Build Over 500,000 New Homes

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MISSISSAUGA — The Ontario government is helping enable the construction of more than 500,000 new homes across the province through the first round of investments from the province’s Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund. This first round will see the province invest $970 million in 54 projects across 60 municipalities to help municipalities develop, repair, rehabilitate and expand drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure. In response …

Creating Over 1,000 New Student Housing Spaces in London

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London – The Ontario government’s efforts to cut red tape through the Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 is helping build more new student housing faster to address their specific housing needs while freeing up affordable homes for individuals and families in the City of London. Paul Calandra, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, made the announcement today while visiting Western …

Federal, Provincial Govts Support Affordable Homes in Orillia

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Orillia – The Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario announced a combined investment of over $8.1 million to build 42 new affordable homes in Orillia. Orillia Development, located at 250 West Street North, counts 130 affordable apartments ranging from studio to three-bedroom sizes for seniors, families, and individuals. The project will also have a community room and social …

Canada Community-Building Fund

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Ottawa — Sean Fraser, Canada’s Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Paul Calandra, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Olivia Chow, Mayor of Toronto, and Colin Best, President of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), released a joint statement: “The three levels of government have finalized a Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF) agreement, which will ensure that critical infrastructure …

Ontario Building More Supportive Housing in Ottawa

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Ottawa — The Ontario government is providing over $9.5 million to help create more than 100 supportive housing units in Ottawa that will support individuals experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. “Our government is making it easier for our partners to build homes of all types faster,” said Paul Calandra, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “Increasing community, affordable, and supportive …