Last year, when
Home Ownership Alternatives was a finalist for the
World Habitat Awards, they threw a party on the UN's designated
World Habitat Day to let people know, and to celebrate their various partners who helped them provide the city with an entirely new kind of affordable housing.
It went so well, they decided to do it again, and give the city an event at which to announce a major new funding initiative.
"It's an opportunity to bring together various partners and stakeholders and thank them on a day the world should be talking about availability of affordable housing," says HOA vice president in charge of partnerships, Joe Deschenes-Smith.
So on October 4, between 80 and 100 people from various levels of the municipal and provincial development sector will gather at the Enoch Turner School House, where Sean Gadon, director of the City's Affordable Housing Office, will announce the city's $3.5-million support for affordable housing under a new program.
If it goes as well this year as last, Deschenes-Smith says they'll likely make it an annual event.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Joe Deschenes-Smith
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