Wilmot Township approves 20-year tax exemption for new affordable housing The policy offers a 20-year property tax exemption for affordable housing developments led by non-profit and cooperative housing providers.

Proud to see the affordable housing property tax exemption program that we helped to design continue to spread across Waterloo Region. Way to go Wilmot Township! #MunicipalLeadership #AffordableHousing
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"The Waterloo Region chapter of Shelter Movers has been helping individuals and families move their belongings from homes where they have been facing intimate partner violence for the past five years."
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It is a great idea! Thanks for sharing. We are chatting with our friends in the non-profit housing co-operative world to see if we can support them to intensify existing housing co-ops by us providing temporary accommodation while properties are re-developed.

We will also look for our own opps!

Thanks so much Melissa! We are really fortunate to have you as a member and supporter of the Co-operative.

Thanks for all that you do for housing and city building!

Deeply affordable townhomes coming to Kitchener for victims of intimate partner violence A new deeply-affordable development in Kitchener will see 20 townhomes built for women who are victims of intimate partner violence, and their children.

Congratulations @beyondhousing.ca and WCSWR on this exciting and important announcement!
"A new deeply affordable development in Kitchener will see 20 townhomes built for women who are victims of intimate partner violence, and their children."
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Emily and the rest of the Caroline Co-operative team did an incredible job! We are happy to have played a very small part by sharing our experiences and reviewing plans.

The Caroline Co-operative will definitely be a model for other tenant communities across Ontario!

Waterloo council aims to put land worth $20M into affordable housing project Proposal would see Habitat for Humanity charity get the land for free to develop 1,010 low-cost homes.

"There are plans for studio apartments all the way to four-bedroom townhouse units. There are plans for outdoor patios, plazas, gardens, parks and bicycle trails as well as ground-floor commercial space and possibly a daycare. Two parking garages are proposed."
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If selected as the preferred proponents, BUILD NOW will have an opportunity to negotiate with the City.

Press release from Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region (the lead agency for BUILD NOW: Waterloo Region): www.habitatwr.ca/site/blog/20...

Link to BUILD NOW's website: buildnowwr.ca

EXCITING NEWS! A new City of Waterloo staff report recommends that Council identify BUILD NOW as the preferred proponents for the development of 1,000 affordable and attainable homes - including ownership & rental homes.

As a member of BUILD NOW, Union Co-operative is very excited!

Any friend of Melissa is a friend of ours :-)

Latest count finds 2,371 people experiencing homelessness in Waterloo Region The region and more than 40 community partners completed the count on Oct. 22 as part of the nationally co-ordinated Reaching Home Program: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy.

"The number of people experiencing homelessness in Waterloo Region more than doubled to 2,371 during the past three years, Waterloo Region’s latest 'point-in-time count' shows."
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